Originally Posted by Steve_NO
"Mexico is not really a trading partner"


Well, only if the United States second largest trading partner isn't "really" a trading partner. Kind of a strange use of the language.


Strange but true.

Mexico is not really a trading partner because they really can't afford to buy anything from us. We send parts to Mexico where it is put through final assembly and sent back. The whole country operates as sort of a low tech off shore factory for US companies. They operate as a non union subcontractor.

Hence my contention that NAFTA was not a trade agreement, it was an outsourcing agreement. As are most trade pacts these days. They aren't made with the intention of opening new markets for US manufactured products but rather new markets of lower wage workers for US companies to hire from.

Will

Smellin' a lot of 'if' coming off this plan.