Mexico OKs new Trump trademarks for hotels and tourism
Source: Associated Press
Peter Orsi and Bernard Condon, Associated Press Updated 1:14 pm, Sunday, March 12, 2017
MEXICO CITY (AP) On Feb. 19, 2016, at a campaign rally in North Charleston, South Carolina, then-candidate Donald Trump gave a stump speech in which he railed against American jobs moving to Mexico: "We lose our jobs, we close our factories, Mexico gets all of the work," he said. "We get nothing."
That same day a law firm in Mexico City quietly filed on behalf of his company for trademarks on his name that would authorize the Trump brand, should it choose, to set up shop in a country with which he has sparred over trade, migration and the planned border wall.
The Trump trademarks have now been granted by the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property, or IMPI for its initials in Spanish. Records show the last three were approved Feb. 21, just over a month after Trump took office, and a fourth was granted last Oct. 6, about a month before the U.S. election.
Trump's company has notched several trademark wins recently. The Associated Press reported Wednesday that the Chinese government recently granted preliminary approval for 38 trademarks to Trump and a related company. That sparked outrage from some Democratic senators and critics, who have been pushing Trump to sever financial ties with his global businesses to avoid potential violations of the emoluments clause of the U.S. Constitution, which bars federal officials from accepting anything of value from foreign governments unless approved by Congress.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/politics/article/Mexico-OKs-Trump-trademarks-for-hotels-and-10995691.php
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Sopping, dripping wet corruption.
SunSeeker
(51,513 posts)We are living under a corrupt fascist.
FakeNoose
(32,587 posts)I'll bet he's grinning from ear to ear now.
Bettie
(16,073 posts)or any tax on Mexican Imports.
They have given him what he wants: a pile of cash.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Next stop: Russia. Tillerson is used to trading there; now he can do it to benefit the Trump organization.
Tony Soprano was more honest than this bunch.
LuckyLib
(6,817 posts)All over the world. No matter what happens to him, they can still make $$$$ off of them in the future.
nikibatts
(2,198 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)How is this family going to pull this off? Does he really think that he has that much of a fan base?
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)Figures.