I'm not the only one obsessed with the US-Mexico trade numbers, the Washington Post ran a story in their
Sunday, September 9th edition: "Middle-class Mexicans snap up more products ‘Made in USA’."
About 6 million jobs in the United States depend on trade with Mexico (Source: Trade Partnership Worldwide 2008)
US exports to Mexico 2011 FACT highlights from the article and infographic:
Sunday, September 9th edition: "Middle-class Mexicans snap up more products ‘Made in USA’."
About 6 million jobs in the United States depend on trade with Mexico (Source: Trade Partnership Worldwide 2008)
US exports to Mexico 2011 FACT highlights from the article and infographic:
- Texas exports more than 70 percent of the chickens it ships out of Texas to Mexico
- California exported $9.3 billion in computers and electronics
- New Jersey exported about $1 billion in pharmaceuticals
- Iowa exported $121 million in pork (us Mexicans love "carnitas")
- Montana exported $59 million in copper and molybdenum
- New York exported $500 million in jewelry (I don't think this accounts for the amount of jewelry Mexican tourists purchase on their visits to The Big Apple especially at Tiffany's)
- Tennessee's biggest export south of the border was transportation equipment, totaling $855 million
- Michigan exported $3.6 billion in transportation equipment, mostly for the automobile industry
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