[Jhoffa_]

"They are either protected to be able to survive in Mexico, or will be overwhelmed by subsidised imports and have to move to the US,"

Just so you know, if it comes to relocation..

We would appreciate it if they "move" to the US legally.

As opposed to climbing a fence someplace... Eh?

[He Rides A White Horse]

Charles Grassley, the powerful chairman of the Senate finance committee, who represents Iowa, the largest exporter of pork, warned earlier this month that members of Congress who supported free trade "wonder why Mexican officials are so willing to jeopardise the foundation of the trading system. . . by imposing these restrictions".

Bold mine. Because there is something more important to them than the trading system?

Some analysts say the new trade-restricting measures are part of a change in Mexican philosophy that has accelerated since President Vicente Fox came to power.

He has other interesting 'philosophies'...........one being that the United States grant blanket amnesty to illegal aliens in this country...........