New Mexico in Focus; 515; Lines in the Sand: The Changing U.S./Mexico Border, Part 3 - NAFTA and New Mexico

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CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, HEALTH, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT >> Arcie: FROM AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS-EXPORTS UNDER TRADE AGREEMENT COULD HELP PUT ON THE HIGH ROAD TO PROSPERITY WHAT BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT inFOCUS IS NEXT. >> Arcie: HELLO AND WELCOME

IT HAS BEEN EIGHT YEARS SINCE NAFTA CREATED A FREE TRADE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO INCREASE AND SERVICES ACROSS AND IMPROVE ECONOMIES THREE NATIONS, BUT WHEN IT THIS PROGRAM IS THE THIRD LOOKING AT OUR STATE'S WITH MEXICO, AND AS WE FIRST YEAR, NAFTA HAS HAS HAD VERY BETWEEN NEW MEXICO NAFTA WAS DESIGNED TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES, BUT OUR STATE OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE TONIGHT I'LL TALK TO SOME LEADERS FROM NEW MEXICO WHO POTENTIAL A REALITY, BUT NOW FROM THE FIRST PROGRAM OF THIS UNDERSTANDING OF THE CURRENT >> Arcie: NEW MEXICO SHARES

WITH MEXICO, ALONG AND HERITAGE, AND YET AND OUR NEIGHBORING STATE CUIDAD CHIHUAHUA WAS BRINGING EUROPEAN AND MEXICAN THE JOURNEY WAS LONG TODAY, NEW MEXICO'S VASTLY DIMINISHED, BOTH AND STATE GOVERNMENT AN INTENSE DESIRE YET, WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN THE PRIVATE SECTOR OUR STATE GOVERNMENTS >> Pacheco: IN NEW MEXICO, AND IT IS IRONIC AND IT IS

NO OTHER U.S. STATE, I DON'T IF YOU'RE FROM TEXAS, ARIZONA NO OTHER U.S. STATE THAT HAS AND IT IS JUST BY THE MERE YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT BEEN HISPANIC PEOPLE, PEOPLE THAT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. IT JUST HAS NOT TRANSLATED >> Arcie: STILL THERE ARE THE GOVERNOR OF CHIHUAHUA, VINCENTE FOX HAS ACTIVELY MEXICO TO WORK TOWARDS >> Garcia: THERE IS NO DOUBT ON THE ABILITY TO TAKE

WE DO MUCH MORE COMMERCE, WE DEFINITELY DON'T TAKE WHY THAT IS, I BELIEVE IS THERE ARE ALSO REALITIES THAT SOME OF THOSE REALITIES ARE COMMERCIAL CODE TYPE OF A SET THAT DOESN'T EXIST IN MEXICO. THAT IS VERY TOUGH. THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IS WHEN YOU ARE TALKING >> Arcie: THAT IS JUST ONE ESPECIALLY, GIVEN THE SENSE IN BOTH COUNTRIES, NOT NORTHAMERICAN FREE TRADE AFTER HIS ELECTION, OFFERED NAFTA INTO SOMETHING MORE LIKE

ALTHOUGH, HIS ELECTION ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FOX CONTINUES TO PROMOTE OF IMPROVING MEXICO'S ECONOMY OPEN ITS BORDERS >> Pacheco: NAFTA HASN'T DONE IT IS NOTHING MORE THAN I HAVE WRITTEN FOR SEVEN YEARS ONE OF THE BIGGEST FALLACIES IT IS NOTHING MORE THAN A TOOL IN THE TOOL CHEST AND DON'T AND EDUCATE YOURSELF >> Arcie: HOW DO WE TAKE NAFTA HERE IN THE STUDIO TO HELP US ROBERTO CASTILLO, DIRECTOR

DIVISION FOR NEW MEXICO ERIC WITT, CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE HOUSE, BEEN LUJAN. JERRY PACHECO, DIRECTOR THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. JERRY, I AM GOING TO START YOU SAY THAT YOU CONTINUE TO NEW MEXICO -- TO MEXICO, CONTINUES, YOU SAY, NEW MEXICO OF TRADE WITH MEXICO OF ANY YEAR DURING THE NAFTA ERA, ACTUALLY SAW THEIR TRADE VIRGINIA AND THE STATE WE EVEN RANKED BEHIND >> Pacheco: I PUT IT NEW MEXICO INDEED HAS A LONG SINCE JOINING THE UNITED

GENERALLY LOOKED TO OTHER AND THE UNITES STATES COUPLE THAT WITH THE FACT THAT TRADITIONALLY, THE CENTRALIZED UP AROUND THE SANTA FE, BEEN VERY LITTLE BORDER IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT. IF YOU PUT IT IN BRUTE TERMS, AS 10 YEARS AGO THAT THE STATE PAVED FOOT CROSSING ONLY THREE YEARS THAT THE NEWEST PORT THAT NEW COUPLE THAT WITH THE FACT THAT STATE IS VERY SMALL COMPARED AS ILLINOIS AND THERE HASN'T >> Arcie: WHY DOESN'T

>> Pacheco: YOU HAVE WE DISCUSSED IN MANY FORMS I DON'T THINK IT IS INCUMBENT IT IS THE PRIVATE SECTOR THAT WHAT THE PUBLIC SECTOR COULD OF THE OPPORTUNITIES OF AN EDUCATOR AND CHEERLEADER THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND BUSINESS PEOPLE THAT HAVE IT IS HISTORICAL IN TEXAS THAT BUSINESS PEOPLE START WE HAVE JUST BEGUN AND NAFTA SERVED AS PR TO THE NEW >> Arcie: ARTURO, DO YOU AGREE >> Sandoval: I THINK SO, WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR,

VIS-A-VIS DOING WORK FUNDAMENTALLY THERE IS STILL AND STEREOTYPE ABOUT DOING AND I THINK MOST BUSINESS IN NEW MEXICO STILL HAVE MEXICO IS A REALLY RUN DOWN, THERE IS VERY FEW IS RAMPANT, AND, THEREFORE, MEXICO BECAME PART OUR WHOLE ORIENTATION HAS BEEN AND TO EUROPE AND THAT HAS AND WE NEED TO TOTALLY SHIFT THAT, I THINK, OUR FUTURE WELL TIED TO A NORTH-SOUTH VIEW PARTICULARLY, OUR ECONOMIC SECURITY, OUR ENTIRE FUTURE, >> Arcie: YOU HAVE BEEN ACTIVE

AND TRYING TO CREATE SOME HOW IS THAT GOING AND YOU HAVE DIGNITARIES IN FROM CHIHUAHUA >> Sandoval: ABSOLUTELY. THERE IS IS A GREAT DEAL THE POLITICAL AND BUSINESS ABOUT NEW MEXICO EVEN THOUGH BUT I THINK WE ARE AT A POINT IN NEW MEXICO AND BUSINESS HOLE THAT IS MISSING RIGHT NOW THE PRIVATE SECTOR WELL ENOUGH SOMEHOW, WE HAVE TO FIGURE IT I AGREE WITH JERRY, I THINK AND WE NEED TO PARTNER SECTOR ITSELF HAS TO COME UP WAY I KNOW HOW DO IT IS BUSINESSES IN GROUPS OF THREE AND IT IS AN EPIPHANY

THEY GET TO MEXICO THAT ECONOMY IT IS, AND, ADD MORE, MEXICO IS LARGEST COUNTRY IN TERMS AND THEY PASSED JAPAN AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT SO, IT IS UNBELIEVABLE. >> Arcie: I WANT TO ASK IS THE GOVERNMENT MAKING IT >> Castillo: YES. I THINK THIS A PRIORITY AND HE HAS GIVEN GARCIA, WHO IS THE CABINET AND IF YOU LOOK THROUGH SOME IF YOU WILL, THIS IS WHAT ESSENTIALLY, IN JANUARY, EARLY AN ORIENTATION AND GOODWILL WHICH WAS THE NEW MEXICO OF DIRECTORS AND JOHN GARCIA, AND THEN, WE OPENED

THEN YOU HAD A NEW MEXICO AGREEMENT ON THE 20TH SUPPOSED TO ESSENTIALLY FOCUS DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCE, AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK, THEN FROM THAT SPRUNG A NEW DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SECRETARIES OR POLICY MAKERS AND THEN IN OUR PARTICULAR WE STABILIZE THE AMERICA'S AND WE HAVE NOW ALBERTO EVEN FROM JERRY'S TIME BACK SPECIALIST THAT LASTED WITH US WHICH FOR THEM IS GOOD,

BUT, IT HAS NOT LEFT US IN TRYING TO DEVELOP -- OF ALBERTO'S TIME TO MEXICO WE HAVE 10 CLUSTERS YOU MIGHT SAY, THE FIRST 10 >> Arcie: THERE WAS ANOTHER LAST YEAR TO CREATE SOME KIND RELATIONS WITH MEXICO AND THIS ERIC TELL ME ABOUT THAT. YOU WERE INSTRUMENTAL >> Witt: THAT WAS A BILL BY THE SPEAKER OF HOUSE THAT WOULD BE BASED SPECIFICALLY TOWARD ALL WE HAVE BEEN TALKING A LITTLE THOSE ISSUES ARE THE TIP

THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS OF PUBLIC HEALTH, IN TERMS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ISSUES ABOUT, EDUCATIONAL ISSUES, FALL OUTSIDE THE DIRECT THAT WE FELT IT WOULD BE VERY A COHERENT AND ARTICULATED THAT WOULD MOVE US FORWARD ALL AROUND THAT WOULD THEN, JERRY MENTIONED ONE IMPORTANT IS A SYMBOLIC THAT IS IMPORTANT THE PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES IF YOU ARE A CEO OF A COMPANY WORKING FOR YOU, YOU ARE YOUR COMPANY HERE, WELL, IT IS

ARE DEPENDENT ON YOU, IT IS AND EVERYTHING AND THEIR LIVES I THINK THE STATE CAN GIVE LEVEL OF COMFORT WHICH WOULD THEY ARE TRYING TO DO HERE THE COMPANIES COMING HERE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE UNDERSTAND THEIR BUSINESS >> Sandoval: PART WANTS ROBERTO AND YOU ERIC AND OUR COMPATRIOT DOWN SOUTH, THE EXPERTS THIS YEAR, OR LAST YOU HAVE INFORMATION REALLY AND PHILLIPS AND THESE OTHER BECAUSE THAT WAS THE NO. 1 AND THOSE ARE COMANIES THAT AND THEY ARE GOING TO DO WELL

IN THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS I THINK THE ISSUE FOR US IS THE BUSINESSES OR PRODUCTS ROBERTO, I WOULD LIKE ALL ABOUT WHAT DO WE HAVE RIGHT >> Arcie: WHAT DO >> Pacheco: OF COURSE. WE DO OVER THE YEARS IT HAS ENTAILED ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT TRADE WENT UP TREMENDOUSLY, IS SIDE OF EXPORTS IS ACCOUNTING AND I CAN TRACE THAT DIRECTLY HAPPENING IN SOUTHERN NEW THERE IS QUITE A BIT

AND THE THING THAT WE HAVE INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY, AS ARTURO TO LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN EXPORT NATIVE TO NEW MEXICO OUR FOCUS IN THE ST. TERESA IN NEW MEXICO, BUT RECRUIT ALREADY HAVE EXISTING BUYERS, PARTICULARLY IT WOULD REALLY BE GREAT ON TRACKING THESE COMPANIES, THEY ALREADY HAVE I WOULD SAY THAT OUT OF 35 IN OUR INDUSTRIAL PORT, 98% AND THEY SAW IN NEW MEXICO TO LOCATE HERE, CLOSEST MAQUILAR BASE ALONG THE U.S. WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE,

IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO, IT MEXICO TO INCREASE >> Arcie: YOU NEED TO EXPLAIN >> Pacheco: IT IS AN ONGOING THAT NEW MEXICO WANTED ST. TERESA ITSELF IS BUT IN NEW MEXICO AND THE PORT OFFICIALLY OPEN TWICE, ONCE THE FACILITIES EXISTING THERE, OUR COMPANY, THE ST. TERESA CORPORATION HAS THE INDUSTRIAL AND WITHIN THE LAST THREE EXPLODED BECAUSE TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE HAVE AT ST. TERESA AND IT HAS I THINK IT IS PROBABLY

IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO BEEN FUELED BY THE MAQUILADORA AND INTEREST THAT OUT-OF-STATE IN OTHER WORDS, THEY NEED WITH THE SUPPLY CHAIN WE, IN NEW MEXICO, HAVE ST. TERESA, THE REST AUTOMOTIVE IN JUAREZ, WHICH IS EMPLOYER, IS STATING PUBLICLY IS WITHIN A 500 MILE RADIUS, THE WAY UP TO FARMINGTON, NEW INTO PLAY AS PLAYERS IN A GAME COMPANIES SO WE CAN BUILD THAT >> Arcie: WOULD YOU AGREE? >> Castillo: YES. I DO WANT HAS HAD CONSIDERABLE SUPPORT OFFICE IN DOING SURVEYS AS WELL AS NEW MEXICO BORDER

I AM SURE THAT JERRY FEELS AND I WOULD AGREE WITH HIM, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A CUT OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS WHICH IS SOMEWHERE BUT, AGAIN, WE SHOULD HAVE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, COMPANIES, BECAUSE WE KNEW THE DUTY-FREE EXEMPTION THAT WE DIDN'T MOVE FAST ENOUGH >> Sandoval: ONE OF THE THINGS OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED IN OTHER WORDS, RIGHT NOW, THEY ANNOUNCED A DOMESTIC TO HAVE DAILY FLIGHTS DIRECT

SO, MEXICO IS ALSO LOOKING AND THEY ARE LOOKING NORTH A NATURAL AFFINITY BUT ESPECIALLY FOR NEW MEXICO. AWARENESS OF OUR HISTORY TO US SO I SEE THIS FLIGHTS AS REALLY GOING >> Castillo: AS OF ONE CENTER WAS OPENED, WHICH IT DOES HAPPEN TO BE HOUSED TO THE FACT THAT PRESIDENT FOX TO DATE THE COMPANIES THAT REALLY BEEN THE BLUE CHIPS >> Arcie: WE HAVE TWO MINUTES

I WANT TO GET SOME CLOSING WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN THIS SESSION? ARE YOU GOING TO TRY >> Witt: THAT BILL WILL WE WILL LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB I THINK SOME OF THAT IMPETUS EFFORTS TO TRY TO ESTABLISH IN SPEAKING WITH THE GOVERNOR OF CHIHUAHUA AND PRESIDENT SAID HERE, AN INTENSE DESIRE CLOSELY WITH NEW MEXICO >> Arcie: WHAT IS THE STATE >> Castillo: I WOULD WHEN JERRY CAME BACK THE CAVEAT I WOULD HAVE IS A POLITICAL HACK

THAT IS KNOWLEDGEABLE SOMEONE WHO IS COMPETENT, WHO EXPERIENCE WHO KNOWS >> Sandoval: I REALLY THINK IN NEW MEXICO AND IN THIS THE PROSPERITY AND THE BRIDGES IF PEACE BREAKS OUT, AND IT RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SO DEPENDENT I HONESTLY BELIEVE OUR FUTURE IS REALLY TIED TO BUILDING >> Arcie: JERRY, FINAL >> Pacheco: IT IS REALLY UP COMPANIES, START LOOKING SOUTH HE MENTIONED CHIHUAHUA TRADE KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE THAT WORKING FOR HIM IN CHIHUAHUA

AND WE NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND WE CAN DO A LOT OF PREP COMPANIES, STUDY THE MARKET OF COMMERCE, USE ROBERTO >> Arcie: THANK YOU EVERYONE THAT BRINGS THIS EDITION JOIN US NEXT YEAR WE WILL TALK TO NEW MEXICAN LEADERS ABOUT PLANS AS WELL POLITICAL REPORTERS ABOUT WHAT I AM ARCIE CHAPA. FOR EVERYONE MAJOR FUNDING FOR inFOCUS IS

CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, HEALTH, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT >> Narrator: ADDITIONAL NATIONAL, FIBER CLOTHING,