Trump's Policies on Mexico Would Lead to Major Job Losses in America: Felipe Calderon Gustavo Solis - The Desert Sun
go to original March 11, 2016

Felipe Calderon was asked about Trump's presidential run at the Desert Town Hall event in Indian Wells, March 10. (Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun)

Americans would lose millions of jobs under a Donald Trump presidency because of his isolationist policies, according to former Mexican President Felipe Calderon.

That is the power that Mexico – the second largest global buyer of American goods – has on the American economy, Calderon explained.

“One point one million American workers will lose their jobs because of canceling or reducing the exports towards Mexico,” he told reporters before the H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation’s Desert Town Hall Speakers Series in Indian Wells Thursday night.

“It is a serious risk not only for Mexico but for Americans,” added Calderon, who served as Mexico's president from 2006-12. “Isolating the United States – economically and politically – will be in my opinion the worst decision for American citizens.”

The majority of job losses would come from a drop in tourism revenue (1 in 4 tourists are Mexican) and Mexicans buying less American goods, Calderon said.

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