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Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Mexican Economy Minister Sergio Garcia de Alba said a proposed 700-mile (1,125-kilometer) border wall could disrupt trade between the two countries and lead to a shortage of farm laborers in the U.S.

``Any worry should be bilateral,'' Garcia said during an interview in Mexico City. The U.S. must ``recognize that without the complimentary resource of Mexican labor it would have serious problems in areas like agriculture.''

Garcia's comments form part of a backlash among Mexican officials against approval by U.S. lawmakers last week of heightened security measures along the border including the fence. Such measures are politically motivated and offer only a short-term solution to stemming immigration, Garcia said.

``During all of the discussions that I have had as economy minister with business leaders in the U.S., all of them are against the decisions of radical politicians,'' he said.

A lack of job prospects prompts more than 400,000 Mexicans to enter the U.S. each year seeking work both legally and illegally, according to the Pew Hispanic Center in Washington.

``The people who emigrate are often the most entrepreneurial and hard working,'' Garcia said.

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