Upon returning to Taiwan three years ago, Li Yi-an, former director of the China External Trade Development Council's Far Eastern Trade Service Center in Mexico, made an appeal to domestic firms to drop their dependence on mainland China and set up shop in Mexico. As he noted, "The advantages will be apparent when tariffs disap pear on the North American continent 10 or 15 years from now."
外貿協會遠東貿易服務中心駐墨西哥前主任李以安，在三年前返國述職時，也呼籲國內廠商要分散對大陸的依賴，前往墨西哥設廠，「影響將在十到十五年北美境內關稅取消後出現。」