Average real wages in Mexican manufacturing are lower than they were 10 years ago, if you can believe that.
I was an economist out of the National University of Mexico, where you lived the realities of Mexico all the time.
The size of the energy sector in Mexico is just so vast; it has an outsize impact on the rest of the Mexican economy.
As for the expected boon to the Mexican economy, we have seen none of these gains, and instead we have seen NAFTA's detrimental impact on the Mexican workers.
Mexico is much bigger than NAFTA.
Pemex will remain 100 percent Mexican.
Undoubtedly, for Mexico, it is very important for the United States to do well and for the United States to have a strong economy. And for the United States it's also very convenient for the Mexican economy to also do well.
Free trade has been one of the tenets of the modern Mexican economy, and it's through competition and free trade that we will continue to advance.
The understanding that the political and intellectual class of the United States has of Mexico is a country whose position is that of a back yard.
I respect the government of Mexico. I respect the people of Mexico. I love the people of Mexico. I have many people from Mexico working for me. They're phenomenal people.
