You said... "Does he believe that Mexico is indebted to the US?"
YES.
Let me throw some numbers at you...
2014 Mexico export value - 400 billion dollars.
2014 Mexico export value to the US - 291 billion dollars.
2014 Mexico export next highest value is Canada - 24.5 billion dollars.
72% of Mexico exports come to the US.
The US had a 50 billion dollar trade deficit with Mexico in 2014.
Trump has a pretty big stick to swing around. They need access to our markets far more than we need access to theirs.
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That is not how trade works. America has become reliant on imported goods to a point where the US would be most affected by a market shift.
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[quote]That is not how trade works. America has become reliant on imported goods to a point where the US would be most affected by a market shift.[/quote] This