Thursday, March 28, 2024

Logo Central America Link

Mexican weapons if war is declared on Nafta

Thursday, January 26, 2017


How could Mexico inflict the most damage on the United States? In normal times this question would not be top of mind for Mexican policy makers. Mexican governments over the last quarter-century have consistently pushed back against the nation’s historical resentment toward the United States.

But these aren’t normal times. As President Trump prepares the opening gambit in his project to either renegotiate Nafta or pull out, Mexico’s most important strategic goal is narrowing to one word: deterrence.

Source: New York Times