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Trump not such an unlikely winner has Mexico drafting alternate plans

Friday, November 4th 2016 - 07:14 UTC
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Central Bank governor and finance ministry are in the process of adjusting their economic policy should the Republican candidate be elected. Mexican Central Bank governor Agustín Carstens, notorious for having stated that a victory for Donald Trump would hit his country like a hurricane, admitted Thursday he is readying a contingency plan for an “adverse” election result in the United States' presidential elections.
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  • chronic

    Chubby/Mexico may be forced to diet a little.

    Do you think remittances might be vulnerable?

    Nov 04th, 2016 - 02:43 pm - Link - Report abuse -4
  • DemonTree

    Yes, they would be. Trump is planning to pay for the wall with a tax on remittances.

    Nov 04th, 2016 - 03:39 pm - Link - Report abuse +3
  • :o))

    TRUMP will build the wall [some of his companies profiting from it], make Mexico pay for it AND will leave the innumerable tunnels intact to let the trafficking [drugs-cash-arms-crooks] go on smoothly as ALWAYS! A generous genius indeed!

    Nov 04th, 2016 - 09:46 pm - Link - Report abuse -3
  • DemonTree

    That sounds scarily plausible actually. And if his policies screw up the Mexican economy enough, it's possible he could actually increase illegal immigration. It would be funny if it wasn't going to such a disaster.

    Nov 05th, 2016 - 09:28 am - Link - Report abuse +3
  • Skip

    A Trump victory would be devastating for Mexico.

    But much much worse for the United States.

    Nov 05th, 2016 - 01:59 pm - Link - Report abuse +4
  • chronic

    lol.

    Dumbass ozzer.

    Nov 05th, 2016 - 05:07 pm - Link - Report abuse -5

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