Baja California Gov. Jaime Bonilla said the firm refused to sell Mexico some of the machines, which are badly needed to treat patients with coronavirus.
Bonilla said the firm had continued to operate its assembly plant under the argument it provided an "essential" service, when most non-essential plants have been ordered closed to combat the pandemic.But Bonilla ordered the Smiths Medical factory closed, because he argued it was providing no such essential service to Mexicans, and thus was not obeying health emergency contingency measures.
"We said to them `if you want us to consider you essential, you have to provide some benefit to the people of Baja California, by selling us ventilators, because we need them,"' Bonilla said. "They said `no, we are not going to sell you anything, we are just going to continue to use your labour'." Bonilla accused the company of contacting Mexico's foreign relations secretary and the U.S. Ambassador to try to stave off the closure order. But he vowed no to cave in to the pressure.
The company did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Industry sources have argued the factory is an export-only plant that operates under special rules that allow it to import raw materials and parts duty-free, on the condition they be re-exported and not sold on the local market.Mexico now has 3,844 case of the new coronavirus, with 233 deaths nationwide.
Typically trump actions
Tit for Tat
You can't blame them
When will the world understand U.S.A only cares about U.S.A trade deals, treaties, any is invalid when it comes to U.S.A demands and wants
Good for them. It’s to bad it has to come to this. The world is very different from what it was.
Right move !.... USA companies obeying Trumps orders in foreign country!.. dennying the made product to the locals !? Doors closed and no more crap...
People will die because of this. Bad choice by mexico.
Payback is a bitch 😂😂
Takurua2 Good for you Mexico.
Not the best journalism, I've read. Why are they not selling ventilators? How many do they have? That photograph is not even from a mentioned location!
Good for Mexico!
Does this mean NAFT 3.0?
The next move will be Mexico nationalizing US plant and making their own ventilators. Isn’t that right Cuba?
Thanks for the feedback: This lose lose situation is unfortunate. The focus should be on helping each country to get through. Too bad some only want help themselves.
Firstly , it’s a UK owned company operating in Mexico not a US company. It has trade agreements with suppliers from the US. All trade agreements during this pandemic are suspect as economies falter. They allegedly stopped selling. Stop sensationalizing what you don’t know
Well done.
Wtg Mexico
Good for them.
Good
Well done Mexico
davidbewart Yaaaay !!!
AnnieClaireBO Key word allegedly!
More conspiracy theories..
Hope this is true. What goes around comes around. The world needs to cut this President off at the knees with his own message
Haha trumps an idiot. Like if you agree!!
I hope Mexico builds its own wall out of ventilators
Good. Canada needs to be less afraid of pushing back on Trump . America COVIDー19 cdnpoli
They do have a point since only essential businesses are supposed to be operating, this factory was not providing an essential service to Mexico, it would've been far better if they could've worked something out though, I suspect this won't help Mexico in the long run
Mexico's going to build ventilators but make America pay for them.
🙄 America First, and only. What a sad state we're all in.
Karma
Everyone knows there is only one way to deal with a bully. And that is a punch square in the nose. Just gotta have the courage to do it is all. Ford was ready to dish it out but didn’t have to last week.
Smart move, Mexico 👍🏻
Good for you Mexuco
Trump is guilty of murder and genocide
Good call Mexico. Next step. Kick out the management and start it up again doing what it is supposed to do.
Take that money for lottery and put it to fund front line responders, sounds like lottery rigged cause nobody is winning anything during this disaster!!!!!
Every one shown an injustice by the USA GOP government should rise up!
Yeah that makes a lot of sense
I wouldn't close the plant. I just wouldn't ship them to the US. Ship them boxes of used pinball parts like doc brown did in back to the future. I'm sure some of them will get a kick out of that.
sheilaghmcgrory We're slowly understanding that money will never actually be the most important thing in the world. It is never more than a placeholder for those things.
Your article says it is a UK based company.
Got what they deserve.
Meanwhile, in Canada, frightened workers abandon nursing home because no PPE available. How did that happen?
Ha finally someone is rapping his knuckles! Thought it would be us! Good on ya Mexico
Like wtf? No shit Sherlock!
Allegedly....I'm sure the above is accurate and has been fully investigated
Good, eff you America, don’t take advantage of the cheap labor in Mexico
Love thy neighbor as yourself.
ALLEGEDLY...all you need to know
Hahaha that is Karma. I love Mexico!!
Viva México!!!
Way to go Mexico!
What did the US expect...Karma is a bitch
That's one thing Mexico can do...cause usually they can do much...
Haha too bad so sad
4UWell Sounds like Trump is up to no good again!
More CNN TRASH NEWS, FROM CTV CANADA'S BIGGEST EMBARRASSMENT.
This is a loose loose situation. Sad that both parties could not come to a compromise so both countries could benefit.
My perception of America has changed drastically in the last month.
Cheers to Mexico. USA is not the same country it used to be. Shame in them
Stupid Trumpet tactics !!! He is killing people with his stupidity!!! People first !!!
Good on them. The US are bullies and eventually you have to stand up to the asshole
Cons everywhere like vermin
Good now they can come back where they should be!!
Well done Mexico!
So nobody gets the ventilators. How Mexican.
Good close the plant and moved the jobs back to western countries.
Of course those wetbacks must realize how swift & harsh the back lash will be. Leronlimab effectively stops the ARDS which is what is killing people. Once it is widely available, ventilators will no longer be an issue. Then Mexico can quite simply go back to cactus fucking.
You get what you give and USA is going to learn the hard way
Time to sell?!! Sell all US stocks?!!
What a disrespect the Americans are showing to the world. Karma. God is watching and God doesn't like the wicked! America is the Wicked led by Evil Orange Trump.
Karma
That doesn’t sound good
¡Ya basta!