I see some contradiction in the reactions to this. On the one hand, people don’t want Mexicans coming here for jobs. On the other hand, they don’t want companies to operate in Mexico which could keep Mexicans in Mexico rather than sneaking over the border looking for jobs.
Also, if cars are made there cheaper, then Americans can buy them and drive to their new jobs created by a freed up from government regulation private sector.
does any right minded American give a damn about lost UAW jobs?
Why?
How about Mexico start their own car company and employ their own people???
How about Ford keep their plants in the US and hire OUR own people???
That way, both wins...
I would take the trade if it meant no illegals pouring in ... but that’s not the case ... we get mass illegals AND our manufacturing base keeps abandoning us ...it’s a no win for us ... Trump is right
You mean to the McDonalds that hires gringos?!
This is the same BS that was sold to us 25 years ago when NAFTA was pushed through. All the sordid little dirty jobs would be done elsewhere and we would do New Economy Networking jobs.
'Member?
Except the networking jobs got outsourced to India or insourced to more Indians on H1Bs. And the Americans just got told to go home and suck it up by garbage like Bob Iger.
Sorry. Not falling for it.
The richest man on the planet lives in Mexico. Let him invest in a Mexican car company to compete for sales in Mexico and also the world. That's the "free trade" that Smith was talking about, not cross border labor rate arbitrages.
Good points. Too many Freepers think trade is bad for the U.S.