Mexico president urges North American integration after Brexit

Yeah well give us a referendum in Canada and we can also Leave it too.

The only way these parties have kept us under control is because political parties don't hold referendums

Mexico president urges North American integration after Brexit

What, not a trumpster?

I would say political momentum is not in his favor.

With Trump a possible winner there's not a snowball's chance. Also Mexico's endless corruption and violence are not appreciated either. Might as well start integrating automatic weapons and death squads

Yeah, no thanks. We Americans don't need to be integrated with a country run by corrupted government and drug cartels who have enslaved and oppressed the Mexican people so horrifically they feel the need to flee.

As soon as Mexico evolves into this century, then we can talk integration.

Japan, Canada, the USA and the UK may want to consider close integration

I'm sure the US and Canadian and other citizens would not like to be subject rule by a Pan-American government, based in somewhere like Mexico City or Caracas, holding it's monthly meetings in Santiago or Quito, with a no-receipts-required expense culture, their own embassies, currency, army and laws. That's what many of the British have just voted no more to!

Wow! In this PC world you can say negative stuff abt mexico!

It would open up a lot of new opportunists for Mexico to borrow money that would never be repaid.

There are 35 million people in Canada. The USA should just give every living Canadian on July 1 $500,000 USD to join the USA. Problem solved. Next problem is a little bigger, because Mexico's population is 122 million. All this proves is that the North America is Mexico-USA-Canada. 99% of USA and Canada citizen think of Mexico as Central America. It also solves the problem of building a wall.

Heh. . . what's this I see? Broke, lawless, and corrupt Mexico throwing in their two pesos? Kinda like the way Obama telling the Brits what's good for them, yet they voted out of EU. And now Obama's buddy, Cameron, is showing himself to the door.

With Trump a possible winner there's not a snowball's chance. Also Mexico's endless corruption and violence are not appreciated either. Might as well start integrating automatic weapons and death squads

Yup. Mexico just wants to leech off the US economy. And exploit our "joke" immigration laws. They're so luck for a nation so poor and corrupt that we (USA) just happend to set up shop right to the north of them.

There are 35 million people in Canada. The USA should just give every living Canadian on July 1 $500,000 USD to join the USA. Problem solved.

You must not know any Canadians. There is no way they would ever agree to this - Canadians are very proud to not be Americans.

Japan, Canada, the USA and the UK may want to consider close integration

Take Japan and the US out of the equation. Japan's health care is not completely free or automatic and their dental system is just awful. The US- health care?? lets not even go there... Also both countries have the death penalty.

The UK is going to disband, NO doubt about that. N Ireland amnd Scotland will most likely rejoin the EU separately. I do agree that NAFTA just doesn't work.

Canada should invite Australia and New Zealand to have a one currency and open border policy. That would be a dream team. Canada, Australia, New Zealand all have some of the HIGHEST standards of living around the world. Those 3 countries share a common language, they all have high standards of living, natural resources, living space, excellent public health care, welfare, and education, have abolished the death penalty, and have vibrant democracies and immpecable human rights records. The 3 of them joining up makes alot more sense than NAFTA or the TPP.

Japan's health care is not completely free or automatic and their dental system is just awful.

What? Japan does excellent dentistry work. What are you basing this comment on?

Yeah, no thanks. We Americans don't need to be integrated with a country run by corrupted government and drug cartels who have enslaved and oppressed the Mexican people so horrifically they feel the need to flee.

As soon as Mexico evolves into this century, then we can talk integration.

Japan, Canada, the USA and the UK may want to consider close integration

Yes, by all means, Japan with its corruption and Yakuza-free government will be much better bedfellows.

The US- health care?? lets not even go there...

Huh? If you poor, it sucks. For everyone else it's not.

Canada should invite Australia and New Zealand to have a one currency and open border policy. That would be a dream team. Canada, Australia, New Zealand all have some of the HIGHEST standards of living around the world.

Canada has allowed in islamic refugees. If the borders were open, then it would pave the way for them enter Australia. Australia won't have that. They see what's going on in US, Germany and EU. And that the Brits just ditched the EU.

Canada, Australia, New Zealand all have some of the HIGHEST standards of living around the world.

America used to boast like this too until the pc, "change" and tolerance thing have flipped society and their common sense way of thinking upside down. . . . And Hillary wants to build more bridges -good lord!!

Next there'll be free movement of Mexicans into Canada and the US Get learning Spainish guys!!!!

At this point further integration would only benefit Mexico so it is pretty much not going to happen. The trade-off in Europe only worked because it was between countries of (relatively) similar levels of economic development (at the time, prior to former eastern block countries joining) who entered a bargain on free movement of goods, money and people. In NAFTA you already have the free movement of goods and money, they dont have the free movement of people. Not many Americans or Canadians are interested in moving to Mexico, so any increased integration on that point would only benefit Mexico, which doesnt have anything to trade in the negotiating process because its already given away access to its markets in the existing agreement. So its hard to see how this would go anywhere (even without Trump).

In spite of the mainstream press milking brexit for all its worth and selling the doom and gloom scenario to the sheeple the UK has in fact shown the way. The EU is in serious trouble and in spite of Merkels bully tactics will not survive. So who in their right mind wants to emulate the EU??

What? Japan does excellent dentistry work. What are you basing this comment on?

Personal experience as well as experience of friends and family here. Everyone that I know, and that is everyone, who has gone to the dentist has to go on a weekly basis for months to get something done that would usually take 3 visits anywhere else.

I guess the Mexican president never studied history. The USA "integrated" a rather large swathe of Mexico in the 19th century. Would he like the rest of Mexico "integrated" as well?

Mexico should cut a deal with canada. Just fly them in and give them green cards as they leave the airports like it did with the thousands of unvented Syrian "refugees". Give them free housing, free food, free healthcare free wifi, etc. all on the canadian tax payers' dime. Since so many Canucks have bolted from their socialist uptopia for other nations around the world (like over there in Japan), Canada is awash in unspent money to support those who come from way, way south of the border.

Problem solved. . . .

But ideally the mexicans will convert to islam before canada takes them, Tex.

If you poor, it sucks. For everyone else it's not.

Correction: if you're rich it's great. For everyone else it sucks

Canada has allowed in islamic refugees. If the borders were open, then it would pave the way for them enter Australia. Australia won't have that. They see what's going.

First of all Canada has allowed refugees in who need help. Has nothing to do with them being islamic. Let's not forget that the United States and Russia are responsible for all of this. If you guys didn't want to deal with refugees maybe you shouldn't have invaded these countries and created the crisis in the first place. So what if the refugees are from Muslim countries and are Muslim? So what? Your comments could sound very much at home in 1945 in Germany if you substitute the word Muslim for Jew.

In addition to that the UK did not choose to leave the European Union. England and Wales did. Scotland and Northern Ireland look like they might very well secede from the union in order to go back to Europe. In addition to that, Londoners are calling for a referendum themselves to leave the UK. That's because the only people that voted to leave the EU in the UK were the country bumpkins.

Correction: if you're rich it's great. For everyone else it suc

Wong again. Most of my family and friends are in LE, DPS, Fire Departments. City employees. They've not rich. But they have good medical/dental plans. The people who want free stuff have it rough.

In addition to that the UK did not choose to leave the European Union. England and Wales did. Scotland and Northern Ireland

You're right. I stand corrected. But just face it, England has kicked the EU to the gutter. Cameron out, the London mayor next.

@TX. Outrider & Fredric. . Excellent posts.

@Outrider,

canada could make converting to Islam a requirement before their neo-citizens are given their green cards.

@Wc,

Seems like a logical solution for both sides. Mexicans could enjoy a new life with free perks provided to them by canada without being required to do anything other than being Mexicans, and the canadians can show the world that they embrace and encourage unrestricted multiculturalism. The only ones who would object to the concept are obviously bigots. . . .

@Aly Rustom, I think you're the only person commenting on this article that's actually thinking. Thanks, from a thinking Canadian who spends two-three months a year in Japan. Haven't had to visit a dentist, though, so I can't comment on that.

@Aly Rustom what you are proposing is similar to the idea of an "Anglosphere," a union that would consist of the UK, USA, AUS, Canada (and New Zealand). Those nations would form the core. Other English-speaking partners may include India and South Africa. The idea never made sense when the UK was part of the EU but now I suspect it may gain some traction.

Mexico president urges North American integration after Brexit, this is the coming of the one nation rule this is why the US will not have borders in Canada and Mexico they will eventually all become one nation, and everything south of it!

Japanese dentists? Their technology and technique is on par with European dentists but lags behind their American counterparts. I suspect this is because Americans demand perfect teeth and others don't.

I think Japan may create AsianUnion.

An Asian Union ? Only if Japan wants more problems than it knows how to handle!

Wong again. Most of my family and friends are in LE, DPS, Fire Departments. City employees. They've not rich. But they have good medical/dental plans.

Because its provided to them by the gov. All civil servants have their health and dental paid for by the gov. I have American civil service friends too you know. They tell me this.

The people who want free stuff have it rough.

Except the civil servants, right? Anyway, isn't that WHY we pay taxes? So government can provide us with these services?? And what do YOU call too big to fail?? Didn't they want AND get stuff free??

Aly Rustom, I think you're the only person commenting on this article that's actually thinking. Thanks, from a thinking Canadian who spends two-three months a year in Japan. Haven't had to visit a dentist, though, so I can't comment on that

Trevor- thank you so much for your support. Canada is a great country. No need to spend more than a couple of months here. My wife and I are trying hard to immigrate to vancouver.

@kurith:Japan loves to get into Asian problems.

Because of low birth fate and low wedding rate ,Japannappreciate, intelligent gaining living in Japan.

And here I was hoping all the right wing nut jobs pull a John Galt...

Because its provided to them by the gov. All civil servants have their health and dental paid for by the gov. I have American civil service friends too you know. They tell me this.

Exactly. Because they decided to pursue careers with good pay and benefits.

Instead of sitting around drifting from job-to-job-to-job, collect EBT, working for peanuts and expecting free shit like 100% free "health care."

I said most, not all of my people are in civil service. The others have other careers. They earn pretty good money, but they aren't rich. Yet they have very good medical/ dental for their families. . . So. Ally, quit saying ONLY rich people have access to quality medical care in the US. Go spread your falsehoods elsewhere.

Take Japan and the US out of the equation. Japan's health care is not completely free or automatic and their dental system is just awful. The US- health care?? lets not even go there...

. . . Yeah. Let's not.

AsianUnion? Hilarious.. a third party general accounting audit for receipts would probably shut down the country. Although taking all spending power away from the oyajis would probably save it. But how many countries would want to payout to prop up its pension system and zero demographic change? C'mon now

UK is actually in a good position, provided it can deal with all the racists by removing fear of immigrants, since it's already a majority exporter nation outside of EU. Go for countrywide fair trade more than the 1% free trade and the wailing will die down. With trade agreements with Mexico, South Africa, and South Korea that the EU doesn't have it has some opportunities. More countries would line up to trade with the UK than EU. EU has too many regulations.

It's just a question of half full or half empty mentalities

Mexico is not anywhere close to the standard of living of Canada or USA. It's always been a joke of an agreement with substandard parts and production. If NAFTA should end that's a good day. It'll just become direct trade agreements again, and if we want fair trade and no more 1%er free trade then that's okay.

At the end of the day the large trading blocks were too big to manage for human beings and will have to scale back into manageable sizes, which is why respective countries are their respective sizes. Wanting more is just 1%er double speak for endless greed without purpose

Mexico is not anywhere close to the standard of living of Canada or USA.

Exactly. That's why mexico is laughing their butts off. Our immigration laws are a friggn' joke. And HRC says we need to build bridges not walls . . . what an ignorant thing to say.

HRC says we need to build bridges not walls . . . what an ignorant thing to say.

You couldn't have made that comment more ironic if you had tried.

How is that ironic? Are not our immigration laws exploited and laughable? Shouldn't we be trying to halt illegal immigration and heavily toll those bridges? If not close those bridges?

How is that ironic? Mexico is 3rd world, standard of living is laughable compared to your average Canadian and American households.

How many Americans aren't hopping over the border into Mexico for a better life? Bet you they cannot wave Old Glory there in downtown public streets.