Foreign Minister Rues 'Mexican Intolerance' in US, Urges More Integration Reuters
go to original June 7, 2016

Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu rebutted many of Trump's arguments in a detailed explanation. (Reuters)

Mexico's foreign minister mounted a robust defense of her nation's economic importance to the United States on Monday and condemned anti-migrant rhetoric and a "climate of intolerance" in its neighbor - a thinly-veiled critique of Donald Trump.

Without naming the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu rebutted many of his arguments in a detailed explanation of how integration of the US and Mexican economies has benefited both nations.

Trump has raised hackles in Mexico with a string of proposals, including threats to build a border wall to keep out migrants, blocking remittances sent home by Mexican workers, and unpicking the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement between Mexico, Canada and the United States to protect US jobs.

Many Mexicans feel their government has not done enough to counter Trump's arguments, particularly in the United States, and Ruiz Massieu's speech to the American Jewish Committee in Washington was an appeal to both solidarity and self-interest.

"We live in a world in which no country can face the big economic challenges of the 21st century alone," she said according to the Spanish text of the speech.

"This is why we believe one of the best ways for the United States to maintain and increase its global competitiveness is by consolidating and expanding trade, investment, cooperation and its integrated value chains with Mexico," she added.

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