Ports Do Not Lie: While the Us Closes Its Doors, Mexico Floods with 'Made in China' Merchandise

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At the Manzanillo pier, red and blue containers are stacked like pieces of a board that has moved slowly towards the Pacific. Each crane that rises confirms a change of era: the ships that used to unload in Veracruz, the historical port of the country, now find their destination on the farthest coasts, facing the Pacific, on the direct route from Asia to America. For decades, the Gulf of Mexico was the visible face of foreign trade. That was whe…