Globalization: Memphis builds ties with Mexico despite dangers

The growing inter-connectedness of the U.S. and Mexico: here it is Memphis, Tennesee and Monterrey.

Memphis builds ties with Mexico despite dangers » The Commercial Appeal: "Memphis leaders are taking a similar approach. They're deepening ties with Mexico, despite a wave of violence that has seen drug cartels gain power and begin preying on people not involved in the drug trade.

On Wednesday, officials plan a ceremony at City Hall to mark a preliminary agreement between Memphis and Monterrey, Mexico.

Mayor A C Wharton, who traveled to Mexico in June on a trade trip, says he hasn't talked with Mexican counterparts about security.

'I always work on the assumption that the law will prevail and I'm not going to stop doing business or change at all,' Wharton said. 'Once we do that, we've basically surrendered.'" Nov. 29, 2010