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Mexico to trump Japan as No. 2 car exporter to U.S.

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Unjust profits.

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Honda is still Japanese owned as far as I know so it still means Japan is the leader.

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Nissan has been making the Versa in Mexico for years now.

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a little misleading as automobiles factories in mexico are owned by international companies. & let's not forget the over 3 million cars japan makes in america .

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StormR it means that the Japanese workers are the losers as these are jobs that could be in Japan. It also shows that it is not profitable to have your company in Japan. Anyway you look at it Japan loses on this one, only the corporate execs wins.

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Who cares which country exports them to US. They're still Japanese cars aren't they?

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Wow $16 a day! Thats what i call highway robbery mexico is selling out its people its unjust slave labor

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Kent yeah coz the american's screwed with the worlds economy and everyone's currency, Cant blame japan for that. Thank Japanese companies for giving American and Mexican workers a job.

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When I opened this page I thought wow... But from the moment I read I realized that it was talking about Japanese car in Mexico. Nothing against Mexicans, they are nice people too, but the article itself is suggesting that Mexico owns their own national car things that is not true.

Mexico is developing his economy, however, like other Latin American nations he has a lot more to work to do to become a developed nation. Things like corruption, bad education system, bad means of transportation, bad health care system, and so on should be solved so that he becomes a developed nation.

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Kent Mcgraw, it's not just execs that win. Shareholders win too.

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I guess US Autoworkers Union are partially to blame as well as the fantastic NAFTA deal made.

20 years out has Mexico improved? Or was it just corporate profits increased?

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Here is why we're seeing to much more car exports to the United States from its neighbor to the south: the fact Kansas City Southern Railroad has a Mexican subsidiary with connections to 11 out of 14 auto plants in that country. That means fast shipment of cars back to the United States.

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@Mitsuo Matsuyama

If Mexico is developing their economy, however, and becoming a developing nation why are so many in the US illegally demanding things they have no right to? In mexico the corruption is still there and will never leave thats why the poor risk their lives to cross rivers and deserts the rich their keep rverything to themselves so if you like everyone else things mexico economy is growing because of car exports think again. Japan was a country that was blown to piece and it rebuilt itself mexico has never been through such and still it is and treats its people as third world, what you will see here in the US in the future is a nation of castaways from mexico building cars in mexico is not helping the people their if id did they would stay and build their country instead they come to the USxand tear it down

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Sorry to say that, but the parts are made in Japan and it is only assembled in Mexico.

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StormRFeb. 22, 2014 - 10:00AM JST

Honda is still Japanese owned as far as I know so it still means Japan is the leader.

The article says Canada is the leader.

Anyways, I don't think this is much of a surprise though, seeing how NAFTA has been in place for 20 years already, and Canada and Mexico are neigbors to the US. On top of that, all sorts of American and European car manufacturers have been making cars in Mexico long before the Japanese. The Japanese auto makers are just now catching up.

Whether this is good or bad I guess is relative to who's point of view you look at it from. The perspective countries from an economic standpoint, the corporations who are running a business, the workers from each perspective company and country... it's all relative.

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NAFTA with Canada is fine with me. They are a modern and developed nation. Canada respects the environment and safety of its citizens. Earning a similar wage and enjoying a similar lifestyle.

Mexico on the otherhand is a diverse and corrupt. Either you live in a mansion or a tin shack. No respect for the environment or citizens. Paying peanuts for unskilled labor.

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Car exporters to USA No1 Canada, No 2 Mexico.

There are several Japanese automakers in Canada, CAMI is joint venture of GM and Xuzuki, Hino, Toyota Honda

In Mexico, Toyota is alreacy there, Ditto with other Japanese automakers. ''

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MarkGFeb. 22, 2014 - 10:02PM JST

I guess US Autoworkers Union are partially to blame as well as the fantastic NAFTA deal made. 20 years out has Mexico improved? Or was it just corporate profits increased?

Good comment. I don't think the automotive industry alone (even combined with NAFTA) is enough to turn Mexico into a developed nation. I wonder what other industries Mexico has capitalized on through NAFTA?

My guess is that as unions eventually grow stronger in Mexico (and they most likely will, judging from the likes of what has happened in Argentina, Brazil, and even Asia with Indonesia and Thailand), Mexico's automotive output and growth will level off.

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Toyata tried long, long ago to make it into the MEXICO car market but made many, many MISTAKES!! But Nissan was right on their trail and Nissan LEARNED from Toyota's mistakes and now NISSAN de México is the biggest Japanese car maker in México, but Toyota is trying to make a come back in México, so anyway DOMO ARITAGATOU GOZIAMUSU Nissan, Toyota, Honda etc...!! MUCHAS GRACIAS!! As the Japanese population ages and ages, not even the best ROBOTS in the world can do all of the work needed to make good cars! México has many hard working Young people and they will work for peanuts, not like in Japan, the USA, Western Europe etc...

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However, the parts that these cars are made of usually come from Japan, so no big loss.

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