I hope negotiators on both sides will be forthcoming and the forces of protectionism will not prevail. Over the longer term. we need to develop more stability and predictability in our economic relations. so things do not reach the point where our relationship hinges on something like a dumping determination. If we can learn to deal with our common immigration and trade problems on a friendly. constructive. nonconfrontational basis. this will have a beneficial effect on the third issue in our relationsenergy. Amid all the complexities and difficulties surrounding this issue. we must not lose sight of the fundamental compatibility of United States and Mexican interests in the energy field: Mexico has abundant petroleum. some of which it wants to export to fuel its development. and the United States has vast energy requirements and a need to reduce its reliance on OPEC. and constitutes a natural market for Mexican oil. Mexico wants to decrease its dependence on the United States and is trying hard to diversify its oil exports.
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