Mexico s maquiladoras 墨西哥边境工厂 Big maq attack 兵临城下 A 50-year-old export industry that providesmillions of jobs has to reinvent itself quickly to staycompetitive 维持了半个世纪的出口产业提供了数以万计的就业岗位,现今他们不得不迅速改造以保持足够的竞争力 ELECTRONICS are like drugs. 电子产品就像毒品一样利润巨大, You can buy them for 1 and sell them for 40, says Jordi Muoz, a 27-year-old Mexicanentrepreneur. 1美元买入的廉价货你可以40美元高价卖出。 27岁的墨西哥企业主祖狄穆诺兹如此说道。 People in Tijuana, where he makes small, insectlike drones for civilian use, would probablyprefer he used a different metaphor: the city is trying to put its narcotic reputation behindit. 穆诺兹在提华纳创办了一家制造民用小型遥控飞机的工厂,在那里人们或许更喜欢与之不同的说辞:这座城市正试图甩掉这个蒙蔽性的名头。 But Mr Muoz feels free to say what helikes, because he has found the holy grail for exporters in northern Mexico. He has broughtinventive flair, not just deft fingerwork, to the process of making things . |