Posted on 11/30/2016 8:36:03 PM PST by TigerClaws
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Officials in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon expressed disappointment Wednesday at Carrier Corp.'s announcement it will keep hundreds of jobs in the United States rather than send them south of the border.
Carrier said it had made a deal with President-elect Donald Trump to keep the jobs at its plant in Indiana.
Carrier currently operates one plant in Nuevo Leon and has built but not yet occupied another one there as part of a planned $200 million expansion.
"The implications are very serious, not only for Nuevo Leon, but for Carrier," Sen. Marcela Guerra said.
"The one who is going to suffer from this is the company ... because their products are going to be more expensive," she added.
Still, Guerra said she could understand Trump's fight to save U.S. jobs. "I understand the fight, because it is the same fight all we politicians carry out."
At a news conference, the mayor of Santa Catarina, the Monterrey suburb where the Carrier plant is, said he had not heard from the company.
"We haven't received any formal notification from the company. In fact, we are working normally with them," Mayor Hector Castillo said, adding that Carrier has already constructed the shell of the new factory building.
Monterrey, Santa Catarina and much of Nuevo Leon was gripped four years ago by a wave of drug cartel violence and killings. But the situation has calmed, in part because of greater law enforcement efforts but also because of increased job availabilities at new businesses, such as a new Kia Motors auto plant, that have opened nearby.
"By offering people working conditions that allow them to look after their families' welfare, they have been kept to some extent busy and on the road to progress" and away from illicit activities, said Jaime Garcia, director for economic development of Santa Catarina.
Like any city, Santa Catarina "would be grateful" for Carrier's jobs, Garcia said.
He declined to comment on Trump's effort, saying: "We are respectful but we keep our distance from the president-elect's policies."
Officials in the union for Carrier's Mexican workers could not be reached for comment. Calls to the union's offices went unanswered.
GOOD.
Mexico needs its own Donald Trump.
Hahaha, well Mexia, get you’re own Trump!
They could develop their own industries....
Nah - that would take a lot of hard work.
Let Mexico be disappointed. The more jobs we can save for Americans, the better. I would even like to see our manufacturers bring back small cars. Let them charge the extra $200/car it costs. Employ our people first. Once no American wants for a job that pays well, then we can think of other countries.
You don’t see the likes of McQuay outsourcing like them for the American market. What are they doing right?
The idea is to give them amnesty, a path to citizenship. Then they’ll pay payroll taxes with their employers.
We know the gop-e wants amnesty because that’s what businesses want and because they feel hispanics will want to vote GOP in gratitude but I think social/medicare is pushing politicians towards more immigration in order to pay for it.
A question:
What are the specifics behind Trump’s plan to make Mexico pay for the wall?
I missed it somewhere over the past 18 months.
Thank you in advance!
We are going to need some HS military along the border to repel Mexican military incursions, with extreme prejudice.
US....
HOORAY Donald Trump and Mike Pence. Thanks.
Too bad mexico is not disappointed in their citizens moving to America.
“Mexicans might have to get up from their multiple naps throughout the day and work.”
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You have no clue what you’re talking about.
Well heck even Trump’s wall will create a job boom in Mexico!
Mexican cement maker ready to help Trump build border wall
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-wall-gcc-idUSKBN13I24P
I would like to comment to the Trump team about the humanitarian aspect to immigration reform. But I have searched their websites and I have found no place to put my comments. Can you provide a link? Thanks.
I still don’t see how low income workers help SS, since they don’t pay in much. And later on, since SS is socialized low income workers get much more back than they ever paid in ( while high income workers don’t get everything they paid in). But politicians don’t look that far ahead!
“Not near as disappointed as they will be when Trump sends a bill for the Wall.”....
I truly hope Trump allows ONLY American laborers to work on that wall.
I think it’s time for Freepers to sober up a bit about winning. The long knives are and they’re pointed in Trump’s direction. We can’t let our guard down through overconfidence.
Carrier was moving to Mexico in anticipation of a Bitch win, where, they would suffer at regulations and unions. Trump’s victory mitigated much of their trepidation and allowed them to postpone and see what happens.
...and gets entangled in foreign problems it has no business being involved in.
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