With the goal of identifying areas of opportunity to promote the attraction of new investments and the expansion of local industry, Senators Ernesto Ruffo Appel and Victor Hermosillo y Celada participated in the bimonthly Tijuana Economic and Industrial Development Meeting (DEITAC).

Other guests were invited to get to know the industrial topic, such as Deputy Maria Luisa Sanchez and Deputies Maximiliano Garcia and Teodoro Barraza.

The president of DEITAC, Cristina Hermosillo, commented that the objective of inviting the recently elected legislators is to turn their commitment into actions that promote advanced manufacturing in Baja California, particularly in Tijuana.

Senator Ernesto Ruffo Appel started his participation declaring that national economic circumstances are in severe decline.

He assured that Baja California has to find a way to boost its growth in the global logistics dynamic and this implies retaking the Punta Colonet port project, especially considering that the Transpacific Agreement is about to be agreed upon and the state is in the heart of this event; even though this contradicts- from an economic point of view- the center of the country`s oligarchy. "Our way of seeing things is not anti-national, it is competitive," he expressed.

"Other challenges facing Baja California are: urban mobility, railroad connectivity, the construction of an airport with the capacity to receive load planes, as the Tijuana landing strip does not allow more, lowering energy costs, and working on water, as the Mexicali watering district is using this resource very unsustainably," he emphasized.

He asked that what was said by President Barack Obama regarding the strategic alliance between Mexico and the United States to celebrate globalization not be thrown into a broken bag. He indicated that the fact that six weeks after these declarations, President Pena Nieto reached an agreement with the president of China, does not make sense, because Mexico's natural ally is the United States.

"The global Mexico of 3,500 companies is responsible for 45% of the GDP and 50% of workers," he said before touching upon IMMEX companies. "The new reforms regarding certified companies were generated by Mexican exporting companies who were stealing VAT, this is clear as water. These companies are from the country's center and are friends of the oligarchy, which is where campaign money comes from," he sustained.

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