Mexico is now the US's top trade partner.
Mexico surpassed China as the US's top manufacturing trade partner in 2023.
In 2001, China joined the World Trade Organization, a group that grants members preferential tariffs when trading with one another.
That access opened the door to China to become a leading trade and manufacturing hub, as the Dallas Fed pointed out.
Mexico, for its part, benefits from increased trade with the US — beating out China in US trade volume means it's climbing on the world stage.
Persons:
Luis Torres
Organizations:
Service, Dallas Fed, World Trade Organization, China, U.S, Dallas
Locations:
China, Mexico, Wall, Silicon, Washington, Beijing