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Mexican Official Says Texas Has Benefitted The Most From NAFTA

Red River Radio | By Chuck Smith
Published March 8, 2017 at 9:52 AM EST
TEXAS & NAFTA - Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez, Mexico's consul general in Austin, gives testimony to the Committee on International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs on March 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas.
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TEXAS & NAFTA - Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez, Mexico's consul general in Austin, gives testimony to the Committee on International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs on March 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas.
TEXAS & NAFTA - Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez, Mexico's consul general in Austin, gives testimony to the Committee on International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs on March 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas.
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Courtesy: AP Photo
TEXAS & NAFTA - Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez, Mexico's consul general in Austin, gives testimony to the Committee on International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs on March 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas.

TEXAS ECONOMY and NAFTA: Mexican and Texas officials say the Lone Star State benefited from the North American Free Trade Agreement more than anywhere in the U.S. At the Texas Capitol this week, reminded a committee of state representatives that the economies of Texas and Mexico are interdependent.  The Mexican Consul reminded the committee that 40 percent of US exports to Mexico come from Texas and that the number of U.S. jobs linked to Mexico trade has grown from 700,000 to more than 5 million. 

TOYOTA TRUCKS IN TEXAS- Brand new Toyota Tacoma trucks roll off the assembly line at the Toyota Plant in San Antonio, many are sold in Mexico.
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Courtesy: Pickuptrucks.com
TOYOTA TRUCKS IN TEXAS- Brand new Toyota Tacoma trucks roll off the assembly line at the Toyota Plant in San Antonio, many are sold in Mexico.

TEXAS & NAFTA- A Mexican Consul appeared before a Texas legislative committee in Austin to explain that Mexico and Texas have economies that are "interdependent" because of NAFTA.

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Chuck Smith
Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' experience to Red River Radio having started out as a radio news reporter and moving into television journalism as a newsmagazine producer / host, talk-show moderator, programming director and managing producer and news director / anchor for commercial, public broadcasting and educational television. He has more recently worked in advertising, marketing and public relations as a writer, video producer and media consultant. In pursuit of higher learning, Chuck studied Mass Communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.
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