Mexico slaps tariffs on US products in dispute [McCain expresses regret]

AFP ^ | 2009-03-16

[rabscuttle385]

MEXICO CITY (AFP) — Mexico on Monday said it would place tariffs on nearly 90 US products after Washington canceled a program that allowed some trucks from Mexico to operate in the United States.

There is to be an "increase in customs duty on almost 90 industrial and agricultural products," Economy Minister Gerardo Ruiz Mateos said in a statement.

Ruiz said the increase would represent some 2.4 billion dollars, but did not name the products.

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The move drew a sharp rebuke from US Senator John McCain, who said he regretted Mexico's decision and also lashed out at US President Barack Obama and lawmakers for backing "protectionist" policies.

"I deeply regret the action taken by the Mexican government and the harm it may cause to American businesses," said McCain, who lost his bid for the presidency in 2008 to Obama.

"Unfortunately, this is a predictable reaction by the Mexican government to a policy that now puts the United States in clear violation of the North American Free Trade Agreement," he added.

"We must take steps to prevent escalation of further protectionist measures -- actions that only serve to harm American business during these tough economic times when these businesses need a worldwide marketplace to prosper."

[1rudeboy]

If they are aware of it, you’d think they’d be shouting it from the rooftops. Why the silence?

[Mase]

Build the fence and sell them nothing

Yeah, when the $130 billion we export to them every year is gone it won't hurt any American workers. So bring it on. Let's have a trade war with our second largest trading partner. How could that possibly hurt anyone here?

[DesertRhino]

And if tariffs are so bad, then why do places like Japan love them so much? We can’t get *anything* imported past their protectionist policies. Man they are dumb in Japan, don’t they know that if they opened their markets to our beef and rice farmers, their domestic beef and rice industries would magically flourish i guess?

[topsail]

Trade across the border will not change. I believe he issue here is the stopping of a temporary pilot program that allowed some Mexican trucking companies to deliver their loads to the final destination anywhere inside the U.S..

Normally, the Mexican trucks deliver the imported goods to a terminal on the U.S. side of the border and from there a U.S. trucking company picks up the load and makes the delivery inside the U.S.

Many times it’s just a drop and hook, where the U.S. truck drops off an empty trailer and hooks on to a loaded trailer coming out of Mexico.

[1rudeboy]

Now, now . . . you know workers in export industries don’t count. As for the State of Texas? Screw ‘em. Aren’t that many Teamsters down there anyway.

[DesertRhino]

Hating unions, ok,,, disliking teamsters,,fine. But thinking your son, daughter, husband or neighbor is somehow a coward because they won’t deliver something into the center of a drug riddled, theft driven, beheading, murderous culture?

And why exactly should they be willing to die to deliver a package? I’ve heard of rain, sleet, and snow, but not Mexicans with AK’s and machetes.

[cripplecreek]

Reagan imposed carefully targeted tariffs on certain Japanese made goods and the Japanese responded by manufacturing here. He saved Harley Davidson and brought new manufacturers.

[DesertRhino]

Reagan never signed us into a deal that exported American jobs.

[1rudeboy]

And why exactly should they be willing to die to deliver a package?

If you are afraid of delivering a package, then don't. Don't bitch that others can, and do, safely.

[DesertRhino]

http://www.bea.gov/
Read it and weep, now, as to what i said, what part do you SPECIFICALLY object to?

[DesertRhino]

Exactly correct. Exactly.

[1rudeboy]

Right. Because, on net, NAFTA created jobs. You could say that Reagan’s championing of the Uruguay Round (which led to the creation of the WTO) had unanticipated side-effects, but then you’d have to be arguing against Reagan himself, which is precisely the opposite of a protectionist’s objective.

[cripplecreek]

Trade across the border will not change. I believe he issue here is the stopping of a temporary pilot program that allowed some Mexican trucking companies to deliver their loads to the final destination anywhere inside the U.S..

Exactly. We have longstanding laws against "cabotage". In fact they cover all cargo transport. A foreign ship can't deliver on the east coast, pick up a load and deliver on the west coast. Cabotage laws in Canada are very much the same.

[DesertRhino]

Well, you are just an illuminating character. Keep fighting for FDR guy!

[1rudeboy]

I specifically objected to the language you cited, implying that it was from the BEA when it was not.

[RC2]

These fools need to watch China. China’s exports have fallen 25%, partly because people stopped buying their products. Time to stop buying Mexican products.

[1rudeboy]

FDR? Don’t even know his position on “free trade.” But I know Reagan’s.

[1rudeboy]

The Mexican trucks under the pilot program were not allowed to deliver into the U.S., then pickup and deliver to another U.S. destination, either.

[Toddsterpatriot]

U.S. Exports to Japan
from 2004 to 2008
By 5-digit End-Use Code

(In thousands of dollars)

Additional information

End-Use Code	Value 2004	Value 2005	Value 2006	Value 2007	Value 2008
(00000) Wheat	515,635	512,498	573,154	792,345	1,616,783
(00010) Rice	174,308	165,184	174,088	173,871	185,567
(00100) Soybeans	1,030,961	835,220	882,648	1,129,555	1,430,518
(00110) Oilseeds, food oils	52,762	50,788	48,347	80,334	88,020
(00200) Corn	1,916,754	1,633,016	1,972,828	2,642,054	3,892,214
(00210) Sorghum, barley, oats	113,108	171,090	167,195	186,209	243,972
(00220) Animal feeds, n.e.c.	639,763	727,025	754,537	825,346	922,420
(00300) Meat, poultry, etc.	1,072,352	1,197,490	1,196,797	1,506,797	2,062,079
(00310) Dairy products and eggs	86,751	114,236	105,838	131,397	202,792
(00320) Fruits, frozen juices	605,438	546,591	556,286	645,499	629,704
(00330) Vegetables	476,487	487,744	499,339	505,210	546,873
(00340) Nuts	177,211	214,649	202,040	199,749	202,806
(00350) Bakery products	116,309	108,154	104,873	112,906	129,075
(00360) Other foods	541,644	609,830	609,550	668,820	607,922
(00370) Wine and related products	90,274	85,200	75,017	64,897	62,687
(01000) Fish and shellfish	1,084,017	1,124,697	958,799	793,921	789,941
(01010) Alcoholic beverages, excluding wine	64,239	64,210	68,244	64,206	68,412
(01020) Nonagricultural foods, etc.	65,055	49,176	43,990	46,229	45,271
(10000) Cotton, raw	94,188	80,673	77,204	105,946	130,430
(10100) Tobacco, unmanufactured	103,956	55,348	7,756	7,814	36
(10120) Hides and skins	98,604	78,488	88,973	82,860	61,310
(10130) Agric. industry-unmanufactured	74,997	71,509	78,544	82,575	110,938
(10140) Agric. farming-unmanufactured	136,735	132,268	160,069	155,692	120,367
(10150) Agriculture-manufactured, other	165,187	174,520	161,281	148,805	149,959
(11010) Metallurgical grade coal	286,400	162,037	26,733	0	199,447
(11020) Coal and fuels, other	186,235	127,199	92,329	112,104	184,840
(11110) Fuel oil	14,656	42,488	75,577	26,898	71,216
(11120) Petroleum products, other	472,377	504,061	461,558	578,297	973,348
(11130) Natural gas liquids	1,539	1,449	21,425	14,160	27,152
(11200) Gas-natural	139,211	140,969	156,457	110,551	321,700
(11300) Nuclear fuel materials	714,087	486,544	582,440	824,027	614,206
(12000) Steelmaking materials	76,430	101,987	160,075	394,455	470,439
(12100) Iron and steel mill products	33,314	53,999	39,406	49,936	46,559
(12110) Iron and steel products, other	72,326	71,819	93,214	98,890	121,192
(12200) Aluminum and alumina	128,587	187,706	304,877	353,852	348,245
(12210) Copper	82,362	124,665	222,167	284,775	423,613
(12260) Nonmonetary gold	13,145	71,347	11,435	23,723	16,677
(12270) Precious metals, other	290,312	400,527	871,573	1,494,838	1,252,555
(12290) Nonferrous metals, other	485,688	755,883	1,081,220	1,289,266	1,341,651
(12300) Finished metal shapes	324,740	340,743	424,913	462,559	572,301
(12420) Pulpwood and woodpulp	364,850	380,146	446,341	401,281	451,119
(12430) Newsprint	615,393	601,912	584,490	567,722	615,989
(12500) Plastic materials	932,021	1,058,919	1,153,618	1,138,766	1,384,807
(12510) Chemicals-fertilizers	229,710	245,096	240,268	233,384	611,304
(12530) Chemicals-inorganic	433,570	473,755	513,890	586,425	642,636
(12540) Chemicals-organic	1,435,448	1,517,903	1,419,950	1,669,785	1,741,904
(12550) Chemicals-other	1,134,135	1,164,720	1,258,396	1,235,980	1,411,517
(12600) Cotton fiber cloth	10,924	9,443	6,994	10,459	7,836
(12620) Manmade cloth	113,916	115,102	154,293	137,602	159,016
(12630) Hair, waste materials	33,031	29,635	35,864	26,909	30,889
(12640) Finished textile supplies	67,549	74,750	77,926	67,573	71,359
(12650) Leather and furs	13,500	4,606	5,910	91,677	73,904
(12700) Synthetic rubber-primary	86,570	135,356	163,443	133,221	124,001
(12720) Nonmetallic minerals	37,520	45,101	46,025	41,960	44,190
(12750) Industrial rubber products	54,861	38,906	44,629	41,575	45,556
(12760) Mineral supplies-manufactured	420,677	423,908	505,160	581,817	491,992
(12765) Tapes, audio and visual	49,887	35,884	39,005	21,367	41,432
(12770) Other industrial supplies	600,538	586,043	637,888	649,880	616,597
(13100) Logs and lumber	645,785	574,850	578,171	530,983	547,501
(13110) Wood supplies, manufactured	71,733	60,711	51,792	41,907	36,150
(13200) Glass-plate, sheet, etc.	134,838	106,211	136,058	77,290	52,953
(13210) Shingles, molding, wallboard	114,134	117,109	115,343	141,667	157,651
(13220) Nontextile floor tiles	13,004	14,509	12,623	9,750	7,660
(20000) Generators, accessories	177,582	188,581	212,155	197,134	238,007
(20005) Electric apparatus	795,701	882,170	859,893	756,127	778,497
(21000) Drilling & oilfield equipment	33,658	42,779	35,956	31,838	29,855
(21010) Specialized mining	4,205	5,706	4,976	6,324	6,756
(21030) Excavating machinery	87,645	150,793	86,336	121,927	88,402
(21040) Nonfarm tractors and parts	36,972	47,834	42,759	92,706	86,106
(21100) Industrial engines	433,660	452,209	480,959	590,806	592,896
(21110) Food, tobacco machinery	140,877	148,265	115,250	106,315	114,042
(21120) Metalworking machine tools	672,506	765,772	962,872	280,533	220,764
(21130) Textile, sewing machines	33,721	33,834	33,026	26,398	34,700
(21140) Wood, glass, plastic	278,467	178,306	163,466	132,499	318,749
(21150) Pulp and paper machinery	122,305	111,126	110,215	99,136	68,876
(21160) Measuring, testing, control instruments	1,570,345	1,456,700	1,695,743	1,525,060	1,319,877
(21170) Materials handling equipment	193,276	244,602	248,755	238,677	259,254
(21180) Industrial machines, other	2,075,711	1,985,747	2,340,788	2,878,512	2,396,421
(21190) Photo, service industry machinery	282,188	291,131	326,506	398,222	342,514
(21200) Agricultural machinery, equipment	84,735	66,551	57,322	61,199	52,331
(21300) Computers	535,870	572,859	594,643	617,593	650,850
(21301) Computer accessories	1,959,051	1,795,672	1,753,544	1,428,826	1,012,665
(21320) Semiconductors	2,367,086	1,872,528	2,066,640	1,737,066	1,625,044
(21400) Telecommunications equipment	1,962,899	1,869,233	2,068,873	2,039,868	1,816,072
(21500) Business machines and equipment	101,400	63,462	53,575	139,551	99,445
(21600) Laboratory testing instruments	878,999	859,890	871,160	949,014	903,191
(21610) Medicinal equipment	2,347,862	2,723,780	2,664,909	2,540,775	2,830,576
(22000) Civilian aircraft	2,754,672	3,195,908	3,497,713	4,154,169	3,520,805
(22010) Parts-civilian aircraft	1,086,591	1,255,517	1,409,833	1,517,859	1,577,420
(22020) Engines-civilian aircraft	923,924	887,648	1,079,142	1,183,076	1,447,950
(22100) Railway transportation equipment	28,605	24,965	37,190	42,790	52,414
(22200) Vessels, excluding scrap	325	124	272	843	697
(22210) Commercial vessels, other	5,523	6,195	5,883	8,698	7,202
(22220) Marine engines, parts	31,451	46,806	34,902	72,863	37,804
(22300) Spacecraft, excluding military	7,614	14,738	8,954	17,083	13,906
(30000) Passenger cars, new and used	486,991	533,611	476,818	504,757	533,877
(30100) Trucks, buses and special purpose vehicles	25,920	40,729	37,860	71,434	105,831
(30200) Engines and engine parts (carburetors, pistons, ri	176,495	210,240	247,405	242,185	271,577
(30210) Bodies and chassis for passenger cars	5,068	4,963	10,311	2,646	1,429
(30220) Automotive tires and tubes	87,019	91,707	85,210	90,284	84,059
(30230) Other parts and accessories of vehicles	1,233,831	1,139,134	1,418,654	1,389,517	1,167,822
(40000) Apparel, household goods - textile	282,310	336,578	289,022	236,486	234,852
(40030) Apparel,household goods-nontextile	218,330	242,286	228,438	175,578	179,813
(40050) Sports apparel and gear	32,663	27,802	30,955	24,653	27,119
(40100) Pharmaceutical preparations	1,410,220	1,586,405	1,796,411	1,679,294	1,893,530
(40110) Books, printed matter	162,029	153,125	153,952	152,338	162,954
(40120) Toiletries and cosmetics	443,450	444,615	404,899	431,992	496,153
(40130) Tobacco, manufactured	954,346	883,711	934,935	761,056	599,685
(40140) Writing and art supplies	158,982	155,595	148,494	146,248	169,120
(41000) Furniture, household goods, etc.	85,997	86,091	82,597	87,547	69,626
(41010) Glassware, chinaware	17,033	18,979	17,251	17,936	16,034
(41020) Cookware, cutlery, tools	55,481	54,113	50,510	41,460	38,585
(41030) Household appliances	102,029	97,076	107,464	104,276	101,835
(41040) Rugs	32,283	26,167	21,179	14,862	11,803
(41050) Other household goods	960,325	1,059,116	1,210,601	1,442,358	1,687,817
(41110) Pleasure boats and motors	55,147	69,455	75,628	70,667	56,309
(41120) Toys/games/sporting goods	509,593	536,076	563,174	546,093	585,043
(41140) Musical instruments	124,502	141,162	139,750	147,565	177,503
(41200) TV's, VCR's, etc.	89,476	96,436	89,317	56,516	48,447
(41210) Stereo equipment, etc.	181,716	209,072	244,525	241,464	205,778
(41220) Records, tapes, and disks	271,627	255,036	219,862	242,647	200,271
(41300) Numismatic coins	894	1,494	2,154	2,361	6,408
(41310) Jewelry, etc	407,146	467,420	669,198	726,402	519,108
(41320) Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc.	119,041	173,998	209,017	218,444	169,182
(42000) Nursery stock, etc.	6,167	6,114	12,959	6,506	8,758
(42100) Gem diamonds	89,676	100,387	102,476	107,562	72,918
(50000) Military aircraft, complete	706	71,287	99,460	60,981	400,564
(50010) Aircraft launching gear, parachutes, etc.	20,524	30,534	11,544	8,803	11,477
(50020) Engines and turbines for military aircraft	186,983	206,282	203,660	249,072	257,938
(50030) Military trucks, armored vehicles, etc.	47,252	33,617	45,905	11,680	49,183
(50050) Tanks, artillery, missiles, rockets, guns and ammu	307,635	465,735	493,627	419,997	491,538
(50060) Military apparel and footwear	17,221	68,664	196,285	66,694	45,438
(50070) Parts for military-type goods	873,921	793,348	845,034	924,101	869,476
(60000) Minimum value shipments	563,820	573,285	618,738	640,926	693,184
(60010) Miscellaneous domestic exports and special transac	992,098	1,073,999	672,350	634,239	659,820
TOTAL	54,243,120	55,484,472	59,612,714	62,703,458	66,579,152

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We can’t get *anything* imported past their protectionist policies.

Over $66 billion last year. Hardly anything.

Man they are dumb in Japan

That'd be you, clown.