Posted on 01/11/2017 6:39:10 PM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
Mexico's government said...it would throw its relationship with the United States wide open when it sits down for talks with the incoming U.S. administration, putting security, migration and trade on the table in search of a deal.
... President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to tear up a trade agreement that underpins Mexico's economic model if he cannot renegotiate its terms in his favor, battering the peso currency and fuelling uncertainty over foreign investment.
However, President Enrique Pena Nieto said Mexico would take a broad approach to the talks, seeking a deal that would benefit both Mexico and its neighbor as his government attempted to head off the risk of an economic shock from the Trump presidency.
"All the issues that define our bilateral relationship are on the table, including security, migration and trade," Pena Nieto said ...
... Mexico's government aimed to use security and migration to gain leverage over the US in its talks with Trump, and could offer to reinforce its borders to get a better deal on trade.
... Mexico named former finance minister Luis Videgaray to be its new foreign minister, giving him a crucial role in discussions with the new U.S. government...
[Trump] said he would soon begin talks with Mexico on building a border wall to keep out illegal immigrants and would make Mexico reimburse the U.S. for construction costs. Trump also promised a major border tax on companies that moved jobs outside the U.S.,...
Pena Nieto said Mexico would invest in a more secure border but repeated that it would not pay for Trump's wall.
He noted the U.S. government shared responsibility for the migrants seeking to reach the U.S., and should also work to stop the southward flow of illegal weapons and illicit funds that helped finance organized crime in Mexico.
(Excerpt) Read more at ca.news.yahoo.com ...
“All the issues that define our bilateral relationship are on the table, including security, migration and trade”
Until “Wall” is on the table, there are no other issues.
Big League! Simply Big League!
Pena Nieto said Mexico would invest in a more secure border but repeated that it would not pay for Trump’s wall.
So funny.
Now they are saying we ight pay for part of the wall. LOL. Trump got in their OODA loop and now owns them. They are so paying for the wall. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0APAc3yVJ8
If Mexico had an honest government that believed in free markets and individual rights, as well as executing drug traffickers, they would be an economic powerhouse.
Mexico: Besa mi culo.
At this point, the wall is a forgone conclusion. It is only who will pay for it under discussion. Which actually I don’t care either way, that’s just for negotiation. I do agree with El President that negotiations should be wide open. Mexico is collapsing right now, and so Trump’s leverage is far higher than just last summer. Mexico is so weak we really aught to be concerned about a civil war or revolution there.
Damn you Republicans who have missed this for decades!
Do I hear the makings of an agreement to help pay for a wall?
Perhaps we can trade them a few million mexican citizens for a few million barrels of oil
“Mexico says to seek broad negotiating strategy with Trump.”
Do I hear them Sh@tting bricks?
you just gave two more good reasons for having the Wall!
Just legalize drugs and you can put drug traffickers out of business without firing a shot. The War on Drugs has been as successful as the War on Poverty and the War on Terror.
They said “broad negotiations”, heh, heh, heh....
They are staring into the abyss where the peso has already gone.
>>Mexico is collapsing, Trump’s leverage is far higher than just last summer. Mexico is so weak we really aught to be concerned about a civil war or revolution there.<<<
Indeed, things could get much worse in Mexico, more reason for the wall.
Could you imagine what would happen if they received all of their impoverished people and criminals back at one time...
As angry as people have been about the last eight years, always be thankful not to have been born south of the border.
I do not care what happens to Mexico. I only care about the USA at this point. Good fences(walls) make good neighbors.
Publicly they need to respond with pride and bravado and say “No F ..ing Way will we pay,” to save face.
Privately, it’s a whole different enchilada.
I would up the ante to a border wall plus a 50 mile neutral zone border area all in mexican territory. It can be a us military training area and anyone in it is fair game.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
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