Many of today's trading relationships actually make America more globally competitive. . . . Raising tariffs among the United States, Canada and Mexico will only weaken a well-oiled manufacturing machine that is driven by the high level of integration the three economies have in their supply chains. This integration makes the region as a whole more competitive vis-à-vis the world.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Many of today's trading relationships actually make America more globally competitive. . . . Raising tariffs among the United States, Canada and Mexico will only weaken a well-oiled manufacturing machine that is driven by the high level of integration the three economies have in their supply chains. This integration makes the region as a whole more competitive vis-à-vis the world." in the context of "A better way than tariffs to improve America's trade picture. CNN opinion article written jointly with Pedro Aspe, Mexico's former secretary of finance, published June 1, 2018." to mean that wisdom is timeless.