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World Service,30 Dec 2013,17 mins

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Why is Mexico importing more workers than it's exporting? Is it taking over from China as a cheap labour market, satisfying demand from US consumers? We hear from workers who've come home and from employers creating thousands of new jobs. We also look at how much of a threat continuing violence is to the country's economy. Plus, we talk to a businessman who has to pay protection money to drugs gangs every month and we have an interview with Mexico's economics minister, Ildefonso Guajardo. (Photo: Getty Images)

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