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Originally Posted by madicarus2000
Comparing a Mexican law related to imporation of vehicles is not related to immigration and has been moved and merged into an existing discussion in the Automotive forum.
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You were quite correct to move this - though I'm not entirely sure the Automotive forum is the right place, as it's really a TRADE issue - but of course there is no specific place labeled such, so the Automotive forum is probably the best place.
In any event, clearly it has NOTHING to do with immigration. The move seems to be a standard protectionist trade decision on the part of Mexico to protect and benefit it's own auto dealerships. Clearly it is NOT to keep Mexico from becoming the US's junk yard as claimed. If that was the case, why would the law specific alowing in 10 year old cars only - why not any cars less than 10 years old? I mean, is a car of 2-9 years old likely to be more junky than one that is 10 years old? Obviously not. The law is designed for one purpose and one purpose only - to so narrowly define the allowed imports of US used cars as to make such vehicles very hard to come by - and therefor steer most Mexican buyers of used cars to Mexican dealerships instead of American ones.
They could of course have banned ALL American used cars entry into the country, but then they would likely have accused of prohitibing free trade. So, it seems to me, what they did was to continue to technically allow free trade of such vehicles, but in truth so narrowly redefine what was allowed in as to violate the spirit of free trade.
Typical legal maneuvering of a special interest group. Happens all the time (unfortunately) - both in the US and in Mexico.
Ken
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