For example. each of our countries has an interest in a reduction in trade barriers by the other country. But a reduction in trade barriers in one country may cost jobs in the affected industry in that country while creating jobs in the other country. To take an even more obvious example. our respective policies toward illegal Mexican immigration into the United States profoundly affects certain sectors of both economies. What all these factors add up to is that. as one Mexican official put it to us. it is important for the United States and Mexico to find ways to interact so as to build on the natural complementaries in our interests instead of hurting each other. We must learn to deal with the issues in the total context of United StatesMexican relations. not just in terms of special interests.
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