U.S. and Mexico trade talks continue
IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. (KYMA) – A question surrounding the future of U.S.-Mexico trade is what it could mean for American consumers and Mexican workers.
The United States has declined to renew USMCA for an additional 16 years during its mandatory six-year joint review.
KYMA spoke with Alejandro Martinez Araiza, the General National Secretary for the National Trade Union for Food and Commerce.
“The new deal that’s coming up, it’s not going to be like the last one. I don’t think we’re going to live through a new era of 100% free trade,” Araiza stated.
“That was a promise of President Trump’s campaign. That was something that he was aiming at since the first time to make the partners and neighbors pay for what they access in the American market, the biggest economy and the biggest market in the world,” he said.
Looking at what consumers will have to bear, Araiza said, “You saw what happened after COVID, the cars almost doubled on their price, especially the used cars with the excuse of the, there was a, the supply chain was broken because of COVID and there wasn’t enough chips,” he explained.
“And then the chips arrived, the supply chain worked perfectly and the prices never went down. And that’s happening in beef. That’s happening in berries.That’s happening in avocados. Companies are taking advantage of this political situation and of this speculation times to put higher, high prices on the products. And when the political situation gets easier, they don’t drive them down,” Araiza said.
For the future, Araiza said there is going to be a “strong battle” between companies and governments.
“They have been making huge profits over the 40 years of globalism. And it’s time for them to pay back the consumers and the working people that have been living off for so long,” he concluded.
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