Julio wrote:
Yoshie wrote:
I see two competing projects of
Latin American political and
economic integration: Chavez's and
Lula's. It would be interesting what
sort of alliance Obrador will make if
he and his supporters win.
He knows a lot about oil. He's from Tabasco, where he tried twice to
become the governor. Tabasco is one of Mexico's oil states. And he
believes Mexico should strengthen his petrochemical industry. I'm
sure he'd have plenty of things to discuss with Chávez.
That said, Mexico doesn't have a lot of trade (as a share of GDP) with
Brazil or Venezuela. That's a reality. Another (huge) reality is
that Mexico's trade is overwhelmingly with the U.S. So, he would not
pick fights with the U.S., but he'd be very assertive of Mexico's
national sovereignty. He's declared repeatedly that the main issue in
the bilateral agenda is the situation of the Mexican workers in the
U.S. He'd not be "tepid" about that.
I'm sold on that!
Yoshie Furuhashi
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