Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox Quesadais a Mexican businessman who was President of Mexico from 1 December 2000, to 30 November 2006 under the National Action Party. He is also the Co-President of the Centrist Democrat International, an international organization of center-right political parties...
NationalityMexican
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth2 July 1942
CountryMexico
forced free trade
No one has ever been forced into a free trade deal,
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You can't be successful by closing yourself off to the rest of the world, ... Europe, China and Asia are taking away the jobs due to the lack of trade accords.
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Fair trade governed by rules is the basis for the growth of our economy. Institutions and procedures must be strengthened, not weakened,
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Mexico is the only country in the world that has a trade agreement with United States and Canada, and at the same time has one with Europe. These are the two largest markets in the world. By the same token, Mexico has one of the most open economies.
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We talked about migration, which is a problem, and we explored solutions, and the solutions have to do with economic development, have to do with growing the Mexican economy at rates of 7 percent, which will give us the opportunity of building up 1,350,000 jobs,
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The storm is very powerful and very threatening,
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The stated policy of my administration towards Saddam Hussein was very clear. Like the previous administration, we were for regime change,
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The United States can benefit from the work and the effort of the Mexican people as much as we Mexicans can benefit from working with the American market, with American investors,
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They all died in the line of duty, ... They are heroes ... I have lost not just a co-worker, but a close friend, Ramon.
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The survival of small islands of prosperity surrounded by seas of destitution is not viable, ... provokes conflicts which respect no borders, and it threatens peace and security at a regional and global level.
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Don't mess with me, sir, because you'll get stung.
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We are still optimistic that next year we can finalize what we have been working on for a good number of years, reaching an agreement and the U.S. Congress approving the initiatives that are there,
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We have strengthened our mechanisms related to migration so that we make sure that the Mexican territory is absolutely not used by terrorists,
blame countries
we have some presidents, fortunately a minority, who blame other countries for all their problems.