In a letter, AMLO proposes to Trump to stop migrating

In the letter to the President of the United States, Andrés Manuel López Obrador proposed a plan to stop the migration and called for the completion of the North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations. (NAFTA).

Marcelo Ebrard He read today the document that López Obrador gave to Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State, at the meeting of July 13, and affirmed that the letter was handed over to Donald Trump.

López Obrador raised Trump to create a development fund that includes the countries of Central America to fight poverty in order to stop migration.

"My Government is ready to present our Congress to bring resources to this effort and if we participate in this plan, we could all collect a significant sum of money," López Obrador explained in a letter read by Ebrard

. that his Government will make an effort to ensure that Mexicans have work in their places of origin and do not have to migrate.

"The most important goal is to make sure that Mexicans do not have to emigrate because of poverty or violence," he wrote to Trump.

"We will strive to find work in their places of origin".

He said that his proposal on the issue of immigration "would be the most humane way to guarantee the peace, tranquility and security of our peoples".

He also asked him to resume negotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as soon as possible. "In terms of trade, it seems to me that it is worth making an effort to conclude the renegotiation of NAFTA.

" Prolonging uncertainty could dampen medium and long-term investments term, which obviously hampers economic growth in Mexico and therefore the strategy of the government I will lead, "he said.

" I propose to resume negotiations. Our transition team will be involved in coordinating with current government officials. "

He pointed out that Mexico and the United States have a common past" out of series "and that" ties can not be broken "
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. the project of the new nation includes corruption, the abolition of impunity, austerity and allocate the savings to finance the development of the country

The development project includes the planting of 39; a million hectares of fruit trees that will create 400 thousand jobs, promoting tourism in the Mexican Caribbean and creating an economic corridor on the Tehuantepec Isthmus to facilitate the freight transportation from Asia.

He also stated that he will encourage development along the border to create a free trade zone for free trade. & # 39; investment, it will pass the customs of 20 to 30 kilometers to the south, the 8% VAT reduction at the border and the application of the same tax rate that exists in the cities with the United States.

All the cities in the border free zone will realize a comprehensive development plan, there will be many changes in this new environment and I am sure that we can reach agreements to deal with migration and border security, all in absolute respect of human rights. "