When asked, the likely answer to the question about what México exports to the United States is that it exports fruits and vegetables, with some respondents adding automobiles to the list. Others will argue that oil is central to the Mexican export economy. However, a review of the most recent trade data, between México and […]
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NAFTA: Introduction to “It is more than avocados, beer and cars”
There is a general misunderstanding about the trade of manufactured products between México and the United States. Much of the misconception comes from the notion that Mexico’s economy has not matured to the level that it has. Global trade is a complex issue involving many moving and dynamic pieces that goes beyond simply moving car […]
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The Electorate of El Paso 2017
The upcoming May 2017 municipal elections include the same political characters and the same challengers mounting an unwinnable race. This is because at the core of El Paso remains an unpleasant truth about the electorate that few realize and no one knows how to fix. It is an electorate that votes themselves a paycheck while […]
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El Paso Politics
It seems that some readers of the blog are wondering if I am going to go back to writing about El Paso politics. My interest has always been about border politics, of which El Paso plays a major role. I started commenting about border politics because of the general notion that México is corrupt and […]
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Donald Trump Backtracks on NAFTA
As expected, Donald Trump is now backtracking on doing away with NAFTA, or substantially renegotiating it, as he promised during the campaign. This is because the reality of NAFTA sobered up his political rhetoric when his supporters realized the cost to them. Supply chains and global trade are very complex systems that cannot be debated […]
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What Has Donald Trump Accomplished
In the last few days we have witnessed Donald Trump’s failure to replace ObamaCare. We have also seen how some Donald Trump voters are regretting their Trump votes. It has been over fifty-days since Trump took office. Since that time, Donald Trump has been unable to accomplish anything other than to create more controversy. Let’s […]
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Donald Trump Voters Regretting Their Trump Vote
When the immigration debate reached a crescendo during the election, I and many others started to witness the rise in hate speech and crimes against immigrants in the United States. Against this backdrop, many argued that they weren’t against immigrants, per se, just the bad ones or the illegal ones. Many do not understand that […]
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Donald Trump Can’t Keep His Promises
It has now been 68 days into Donald Trump’s first one-hundred days as president. When Trump was running for office he made many promises to the electorate. As of today, Donald Trump has not kept any of the promises he has made. Not one. Trump told the electorate that he was a smart businessman and […]
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Donald Trump and ObamaCare
By know you likely know that Donald Trump’s promise to repeal ObamaCare failed miserably last Friday. As usual, the Trump apologists and Trump himself are in full denial and placing blame on the Democrats. But the fact remains that it was a Republican-controlled Congress that stopped Trump from doing away with Trump’s and the Republican’s […]