Episode 355: US Ambassador To Mexico Talks Trade War And Border

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🗓️ 14 August 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Earl Anthony Wayne is an American diplomat. Formerly Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, Ambassador to Argentina and Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan, Wayne served nearly four years as Ambassador to Mexico. He was nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate in August, 2011. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/valuetainment/support

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0:00.0	30 seconds.
0:01.0	One time for the underdong.
0:04.0	Ignition sequence star.
0:07.0	Let me see you put them up.
0:09.0	Reach the skies, touch the stars up above because it's one time for the underdog one time for the
0:16.1	underdough I'm Patrick Bedevi host of item and today this is Tony Wayne
0:19.9	former US Ambassador to Mexico and US Ambassador to. Ambassador to Argentina. We're going to talk
0:23.5	about trade war and the border. Tony, thanks for being a guest on by attainment.
0:27.7	It's great to be with you, Patrick. Yes, good to have you. So Tony, as somebody
0:31.8	who was a former ambassador yourself to Mexico, what is your take on all these
0:36.0	things that's going on with US and Mexico tariffs? We're not going to do tariffs. We're going to do tariffs.
0:40.6	What are your thoughts on that?
0:41.6	Well, it's an opportunity to learn how important Mexico is to the United States.
0:48.0	I mean, that's one thing that strikes you when you've been, when I've been following this for the past couple of years.
0:53.7	We trade $1 million a minute with Mexico.
0:57.2	Per minutes.
0:58.2	Per minute.
0:59.2	We have a million crossings of the border every day. We have a relationship across that
1:07.4	2,000 mile border that means that Mexico is a country that touches the lives of more Americans than any other country every day, each day.
1:18.0	And people don't really understand that until you get into a crisis. And then you see how much we need to work together to solve
1:28.0	the problems that are there and to maintain all the important benefits we're getting in this relationship.
1:34.3	So what is your interpretation of what President Donald Trump's challenge is with the border?
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