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In 2018 there was $346 billion in goods imported and $265 billion of goods exported to Mexico. On an average day this is about $950 million in imports and $725 million in exports for a total of $1.675 billion every day.
That was a highly edited version of an MSNBC report. The economic impact is important and goes beyond avocados. That is just one impact. Maybe if you watch the actual report you all could maybe understand.
You’re asking too much of them, the only thing they know is knee jerk emotional reactions to lies or non issues.
so what's more disturbing the derangement over a news station reporting that one of the many things that could happen is a shortage of avocados --- or the fact that a news station reported one of the impacts is a shortage of avocado.
Debate that one folks -- you seem to enjoy bickering over ridiculous issues.
Their derangement is so deep I don't know how they breath.
Oh, the irony ...
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so what's more disturbing the derangement over a news station reporting that one of the many things that could happen is a shortage of avocados --- or the fact that a news station reported one of the impacts is a shortage of avocado.
What's disturbing to me is how some folks cannot see the big picture. Avocados are just one of the foods imported from Mexico. Avocados are just one example of this:
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According to the Office of the US Trade Representative, Mexico is the US’s third-largest trading partner, with the total goods and services trade amounting to over $615 billion in 2017. While the US’s overall deficit with Mexico was $63.6 billion that year, an estimated 1.2 million American jobs are based on US-Mexico trade.
Closing the border would amount to a disaster for Trump. The effects would manifest in shortages and spiking prices in the produce aisles in grocery stores throughout the U.S. in a matter of weeks.
And Mexico is the source of 37 percent of all imported auto parts to the U.S. and virtually every vehicle in the U.S. has Mexican parts in it.
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"We don't just trade with each other. We're making things together," said Kristin Dziczek, vice president of the Center for Automotive Research in Michigan.
U.S. assembly plants are especially dependent on Mexico for some critical parts such as wiring harnesses. Without them, those plants would soon grind to a halt. And that in turn would idle domestic parts makers.
"We'll see auto production in the U.S. shut down pretty quickly. Some within hours and certainly the whole industry within days," Dziczek said.
Closing the border would amount to a disaster for Trump. The effects would manifest in shortages and spiking prices in the produce aisles in grocery stores throughout the U.S. in a matter of weeks.
And Mexico is the source of 37 percent of all imported auto parts to the U.S. and virtually every vehicle in the U.S. has Mexican parts in it.
I hope the fool does it.
Meanwhile it wouldn't impact Mexico at all.......
What is going on here is a negotiating tactic.
If any of you paid attention beyond partisan bickering, China did this to US goods a couple years back to "send a message" to us during a dispute.
Closing the border would amount to a disaster for Trump. The effects would manifest in shortages and spiking prices in the produce aisles in grocery stores throughout the U.S. in a matter of weeks.
And Mexico is the source of 37 percent of all imported auto parts to the U.S. and virtually every vehicle in the U.S. has Mexican parts in it.
I hope the fool does it.
Agricultural product imports and exports are about the same between the two countries. And we export about 21 billion in auto parts to Mexico.
Our economy is not dependent on Mexico.
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