ILDEFONSO GUAJARDO VILLARREAL

Every challenge has the opportunity to convert into a winning proposition.

NAFTA will continue to regulate the relationship between Mexico and Canada.

At the end of the day, we have to find a way to compete better with the world.

I'm not going to negotiate with Brazil for its pretty face. I'm going to negotiate with Brazil because they're going to open their car-manufacturing market.

Since its enforcement, NAFTA has been more than a trade agreement. It has made us think of ourselves as a region.

We all know that China is not a free trader. That's the reality.

If we have to talk to the devil to guarantee the safety and future of the Mexican people in the U.S., Mexico will talk to the devil.

There won't be a law with sanctions, but Mexicans and Mexican consumers will know how to value those companies that are loyal to our national identity and those that are not.

If there is any action that punishes imports to the North American market and encourages U.S. exports, you have to reflect it in a mirror action to counteract the change of incentives that this would make for activity and investment in Mexico.

Mexico is very well positioned in the IT sector, thanks to our closeness to North America and how things are being developed in Silicon Valley.

E-commerce, telecom - those things have to be captured by the new NAFTA.

Since we don't use any type of currency manipulation schemes - we have a floating exchange market - we are very glad to consider any type of process that would stabilize the Mexican peso.

At the end of the day, we have obviously our own political realities that will not allow us to approve something that is not in the benefit of everybody.

The end-to-end value chain analysis proposed by the World Economic Forum has proved to be useful methodology, not only to identify trade barriers but also to highlight the importance of coordination among public-sector institutions.

We are willing to consider any rebalancing as long as it's through trade expansion, not through trade restriction. As long as it's about how can we buy more from each other, we're willing to work that way.

Mexico's government has made a strong commitment to boosting the country's competitiveness in global trade, and the Ministry of Economy recognizes that trade facilitation is a key element in achieving this objective.

The list of traceability for some automotive components needs to be rethought for new technologies to send adequate signals about the strengthening of the value chains in North America.

The next generation of entrepreneurs are already named Martinez or Sanchez.

We believe more in bridges and making the border better.

The precondition to negotiating NAFTA is that we can't go back to the past.

The Pacific Alliance is an initiative to align our economies.

NAFTA has been a great success for the three countries involved.

We must ensure that decisions we make today do not come back to haunt us tomorrow.

You cannot have an agreement... that gives a tailor's cut, a perfect handiwork, to a specific company.

The actions taken by the Cuban government with its new trade zone open up the potential of strategic investments from Mexico. Mexican companies are very excited.