Re: Re: "From 1stCav via email (S. 3622)" Contributed by Bill Faith
In response to Russ's mail, which I posted , 1stCav wrote back:
Russ,
As stated before, I was once thinking that way. One of the reasons for my change of mind is contained in the information provided in article. Seems that the original NAFTA plan could have possibly benefited both Mexico and the U.S. However, a lot has changed since the early 90's NAFTA plan's conception and enactment. It's not the small change I'm really worried about. As evidenced in the referenced article, the NAFTA vista has widened to more of a worldwide utopia idea. John Lennon the dreamer would be proud, not me. I don't want to lose our nations sovereignty, and we're well on the way to it. You don't think the Chinese would be involved do you?
by Jerome R. Corsi
"The has been working actively with the Communist Chinese to open and develop NAFTA shipping ports in Mexico.
The plan is to ship containers of cheap goods produced by under-market labor in China and the Far East into North America via Mexican ports. From the Mexican ports, Mexican truck drivers and railroad workers will transport the goods across the Mexican border with Texas. Once in the U.S., the routes will proceed north to Kansas City along the NAFTA Super-Highway, ready to be expanded by the Trans-Texas Corridor, and NAFTA railroad routes being put in place by Kansas City Southern. Kansas City Southern’s Mexican railroads has positioned the company to become the “NAFTA Railroad.”
Right now, the cost of shipping and ground transportation can nearly double the total cost of cheap goods produced by Chinese and Far Eastern under-market labor. The plan is to reduce those transportation costs by as much as 50% by using Mexican ports."
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The development of a China-Mexico trade route reflects a fundamental shift since the passage of NAFTA. At the peak in the mid-1990s, there were some three thousand maquiladoras located in northern Mexico, employing over 1 million Mexicans in low-paying, assembly sweat-shops. Today, even Mexican labor is not cheap enough for the international corporations seeking only to maximize profits. , that bubble has burst and the maquiladora activity is down over 25 percent from the peak as the international corporations have found even cheaper labor in China.
As the Port of San Antonio evidences, linking NAFTA inland ports with NAFTA super-highways and NAFTA railroads is an important part of the development plan for the emerging global free trade economy. San Antonio officials by working with the communist Chinese to open Mexican ports for NAFTA trade evidence that plan. International capitalists are now determined to exploit cheap Mexican labor, not so much for manufacturing and assembly, but as a means of saving port and transportation costs in the North American market."
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William
Contributed by Bill Faith on July 19, 2006 at 01:52 AM in , , |