That opinion piece was written in 2016, when the Naftaites still owned the story. The analysis therein about autos is propaganda not truth.
We can gear up in the U.S to produce autos. We do pay a huge price to expert autos into Mexico and it is so large it prevents many from so doing. Mexico sends assembled here no tariffs
You seem to be relying on theory rather than reality. I know the facts because of licensed import export brokers and cross border lawyers in my family. MAGA.