Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

We understand U.S. position, but we have to find a way to make trade translate into better jobs in North America.

The precondition to negotiating NAFTA is that we can't go back to the past.

Every challenge has the opportunity to convert into a winning proposition.

We must ensure that decisions we make today do not come back to haunt us tomorrow.

I can't come back home with an agreement that will not be a win-win-win situation for the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

The end-to-end value chain analysis proposed by the World Economic Forum has proved to be useful methodology, not only to identify trade barriers but also to highlight the importance of coordination among public-sector institutions.

At the end of the day, we have obviously our own political realities that will not allow us to approve something that is not in the benefit of everybody.

One of the good things that's happening in manufacturing in Mexico is that the old maquiladora that was relegated to just assembling things has changed in different sectors. One of these sectors is the aerospace industry and in how we attract workers that have been in technical school.

Free trade and economic stability do not, by themselves, guarantee success.

Mexico is very well positioned in the IT sector, thanks to our closeness to North America and how things are being developed in Silicon Valley.

A scenario without NAFTA is something we have to think about.

If you throw obstacles at the relationship with Mexico, you would be shooting yourself in the foot.