Mr. Trump says he wants Mexico to pay for the Wall. Good luck with that, Donald.
But it is possible to get our rivals to build factories. For a couple of years now I have been following the progress of a plant built in Alabama by a Chinese company.
The realities of geography are at play here. Whether it's Volkswagen or this Chinese outfit, products still need to be shipped across the vast oceans... or built on site where the market is.
And, if the company wishes to succeed, it also has to train the workers. Sometimes it even has to deal with a labor union.
So, no, it isn't likely that the Mexicans are going to chip in for the Wall. But the Chinese might prefer to build more plants in the US, especially if Trump follows through with his threats of tariffs.
By the way, if the President-elect thinks he can back pedal on bringing back the good jobs, let me warn him that people I'm hearing from in central-eastern Pennsylvania are true believers where this campaign promise is concerned. He had better brace himself for the blow back is he can't show some serious progress on this front.
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