How come America trades with Mexico?

U.S.-Mexico Trade Facts U.S. goods and services trade with Mexico totaled an estimated $616.6 billion in 2017. Exports were $276.2 billion; imports were $340.3 billion. The U.S. goods and services trade deficit with Mexico was $64.1 billion in 2017. However, the international shipment of non-U.S. read more

As you see, Central and South America have in total half the trade Mexico has with USA. And the second one is comparable with the neighbor in the North. There’s trade with the rest of the Americas, in a different scale. read more

U.S.-Mexico Trade Facts U.S. goods and services trade with Mexico totaled an estimated $616.6 billion in 2017. Exports were $276.2 billion; imports were $340.3 billion. The U.S. goods and services trade deficit with Mexico was $64.1 billion in 2017. read more

Mexico is the 9th largest export economy in the world and the 20th most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI). In 2016, Mexico exported $394B and imported $369B, resulting in a positive trade balance of $24.6B. In 2016 the GDP of Mexico was $1.05T and its GDP per capita was $17.3k. read more