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Related: About this forumU.S. pushes Mexico to reopen border factories, even as more workers die from COVID-19
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The U.S. government has mounted a campaign to persuade Mexico to reopen many factories that were closed because of the countrys social distancing guidelines, warning that the supply chain of the North American free-trade zone could be permanently crippled if factories dont resume production soon.
The destruction of the economy is also a health threat, U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Christopher Landau, tweeted last week. There are risks everywhere, but we dont all stay at home for fear we are going to get in a car accident.
Pressure has also come from American CEOs, more than 300 of whom sent a letter to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador saying they were deeply concerned about the shuttering of factories, and from the U.S. Department of Defense, which has implored Mexico to reopen plants that make parts for defense contractors.
Mexican officials have begun to cave, despite warnings from health authorities here that reopening factories too soon could lead to widespread death...
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-04-30/as-more-workers-die-from-covid-19-the-u-s-is-pressuring-mexico-to-re-open-border-factories
The destruction of the economy is also a health threat, U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Christopher Landau, tweeted last week. There are risks everywhere, but we dont all stay at home for fear we are going to get in a car accident.
Pressure has also come from American CEOs, more than 300 of whom sent a letter to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador saying they were deeply concerned about the shuttering of factories, and from the U.S. Department of Defense, which has implored Mexico to reopen plants that make parts for defense contractors.
Mexican officials have begun to cave, despite warnings from health authorities here that reopening factories too soon could lead to widespread death...
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-04-30/as-more-workers-die-from-covid-19-the-u-s-is-pressuring-mexico-to-re-open-border-factories
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U.S. pushes Mexico to reopen border factories, even as more workers die from COVID-19 (Original Post)
LessAspin
May 2020
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Laelth
(32,017 posts)1. k&r for visibility. n/t
-Laelth
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)2. Official:
alwaysinasnit
(5,066 posts)3. K&R Thanks for posting.
Judi Lynn
(160,545 posts)4. It's taking forever for the US to respect sovereignty of other countries. Unpardonable behavior. n/t