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Caribbean-Latin America
Mexico reaches out to Trump, but won’t pay for wall
2016-11-10
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said Wednesday he was ready to work with Donald Trump but the country’s foreign minister reiterated the government’s refusal to pay for his planned border wall.

Trump’s victory shocked Mexicans, who were angered by the Republican billionaire’s description of migrants colonists as rapists and drug pushers.

His defeat of Democrat Hillary Clinton
... sometimes described as For a good time at 3 a.m. call Hillary and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another Dean Acheson ...
 in Tuesday’s election caused the peso and the Mexican stock market to plunge due to fears that Trump would upend economic ties with the country.

"I congratulate the US on its electoral process and reiterate to @realDonaldTrump my willingness to work together in favor of bilateral relations," Pena Nieto said on Twitter.

"Mexico and the US are friends, partners and allies who must continue collaborating for the competitiveness and development of North America," he said.

Pena Nieto had angered Mexicans by inviting Trump to his official residence in Mexico City in August and not forcefully condemning the Republican candidate’s comments against migrants colonists.

Trump has vowed to make Mexico pay for a massive border wall -- which is estimated to cost several billions of dollars -- and to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

He also pledged to deport millions of undocumented immigrants colonists and threatened to freeze billions in remittances that migrants colonists send to their families back home.

"Paying for a wall is not part of our vision," Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu of Mexico told the Televisa network.

But she said the government has had a "daily fluid dialogue" with the Trump campaign and that the two countries were "not starting from zero."
Golly -- like he was a serious contender all along. Smart!
"It’s an opportunity. The terms of the relationship change," she said.

The national currency fell 7.81 percent to 20.22 pesos per dollar before day trade opened, while the Mexican stock market plunged 3.18 percent at the opening bell.

Posted by:Fred

#19  RJ, my guess is a work visa somewhat like that already exists, at least 1 - 3.
Posted by: KBK   2016-11-10 23:09  

#18  A cow of momentous proportion at least.

It'll be UUUuuuuuge!
Posted by: Crusader   2016-11-10 18:06  

#17  Major upside: the UN will have a cow.

Mmmm, rib-eye.
Posted by: Glenmore   2016-11-10 17:47  

#16  Trump should institute a Work Visa program.
(1) So we can keep track of who is in the US
(2) So we can ensure that these aren't somehow forced to do things that our own environmental and safety laws have deemed to be unsafe
(3) To ensure these workers are paid minimum wage which we have determined is the minimum required in the each state.
(4) Harsh penalties for anyone hiring undocumented workers without a visa because we can only assume their intentions are to abuse labor in a way that we all find unacceptable.
(5) Give the the work visas out like candy but insist the people contact an agency every month or so to verify employment and arrest for x weeks, deportation, and refusal to ever get a work visa again for anyone caught without one. Anyone who commits a crime while on a work visa will (a) suffer in jail for that crime, then be deported, and if they return it will be considered a felony.

This would be hard for the left to argue against since it exploits the safety laws and minimum wage laws they are always pushing for.

Don't even discuss citizenship except perhaps as phase 2 of the plan depending upon how phase 1 works out.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2016-11-10 14:33  

#15  Trump is an experienced real estate developer, so he knows how to handle this: contract Mexico to build the wall, and when they finish, we declare bankruptcy, and stiff them. Easy peasy.
Posted by: regular joe   2016-11-10 13:08  

#14  #13 Such a charge would lead Latinos to use Somali Hawaldars to move their money through un-jofficial means. This is how the Somalis, Paks, and India muslims in the USA move money to their homeland. An "impuesto" of ten bucks each time someone enters the USA would be faster and easier to collect. If you want an education, some day go to a border crossing into the USA and see the hundreds of people lined up waiting to cross.
Posted by: Craique the Kid6652   2016-11-10 11:54  

#13  A 15 to 20 percent tax on all remunerations sent back to Mexico. That ought to get a nice wall built.

That level of tax is about right - high enough to raise serious $ but not enough to cause the remitters to send it in other forms.
Posted by: Raj   2016-11-10 10:11  

#12  I believe our Southern neighbor will soon recognize the fallacy of this challenge to one of Mr. Trumps central positions. Or DJT will sell out (doubtful).
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2016-11-10 08:37  

#11  A cow of momentous proportion at least.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2016-11-10 08:31  

#10  Major upside: the UN will have a cow.

An elephant cow or a blue whale cow?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-11-10 08:27  

#9  Major upside: the UN will have a cow.
Posted by Whiskey Mike

Stillbirth hopefully.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-11-10 08:07  

#8  I think their stated "refusal to pay for his planned border wall" is their opening position. A way will be found. No real need to rub their noses in this, we just want to modify their behavior. That means hitting them in their pocketbook whenever necessary. It will result in nice revenue streams and a reduced stream of illegals, especially if they are 'taxed' by the head for all the illegals in the country. And taxed again, and again, say every 4 months. Their behavior will change. At the moment, the Mex govt. is using the US as their population dump and views the US govt. with contempt. This will change.

Major upside: the UN will have a cow.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2016-11-10 08:05  

#7  The above suggestions (and possibly more to come) might indicate funding for the wall has now been located.

Shovel Ready ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-11-10 07:40  

#6  ...not a tax, but a 'regulatory fee'. The Executive doesn't have to ask Congress for such fees as demonstrated by Mr. Gore and phone charges to fund his little 'wire the schools' program back in the 90s.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-11-10 07:25  

#5  Millions of dollars would be collected if a ten dollar tax were required to enter the USA from Mexico.
Posted by: Craique the Kid6652   2016-11-10 06:54  

#4  Smallish fee los transferenado ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-11-10 06:30  

#3  A 15 to 20 percent tax on all remunerations sent back to Mexico. That ought to get a nice wall built.
Posted by: Omomort Cheager7040   2016-11-10 05:54  

#2  ... yet.
Posted by: Clunter Grumble6332   2016-11-10 03:10  

#1  I wonder if the payment might not arrive as increased import tariffs. I'm planting avocados and agave cactus.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-11-10 02:36  

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