Since NAFTA was signed in December 1992, Mexico’s economy has grown at an average annual rate of barely over 1% in per capita terms. This is not only far below the rates of Asia’s economic superstars; it is also a fraction of Mexico’s own growth performance during the decades that preceded the debt crisis of 1982 (3.6% per year between 1960 and 1981).
现在来比较一下两国的发展状况。1992年12月签订“北美自由贸易协议”(NAFTA)后，墨西哥经济的人均年增长率刚刚超过了1%。这不仅远逊于亚洲经济大国的表现，而且比起1982年债务危机前墨西哥自身的增长来讲也非常微不足道（1960到1981年间墨西哥年增长率为3.6%）。