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It depends: the US is much richer in some resources and Mexico in others.
There is a trade amount of some US$294 billion, including US$179 billion on exports from Mexico into the United States, and US$115 billion on imports from the United States into Mexico.
The total amount equals some US$479 billion, with some $321 billion in imports from Mexico into the US and some US$158 billion on exports from the US into Mexico.
IN some ways we do but it is not all the way true because the government does not sure that information with us.
Mexico only wanted to export natural resources such as silver, gold, and coal.
Yes. Most of the time the US has a trade deficit with Mexico.
It already does.
It depends on what are you talking about. Natural resources? No doubt the overall region has more resources than Mexico. Manufactured goods? Most of them are already produced in China, but some of them take advantage of Mexico's closeness to the US. Tourism? Mexico is cheap and close to the US.
Of course. Mexican exports into Spain account for some US$3,250 million, while Spanish imports into Mexico are valued at some US$2,400 million. There is also a big amount of Foreign Direct Investment from Spain into Mexico of some US$3,500 million.
If you take Mexico out of the equation, balance would be positive by about US$ 11.4 billion. This is because trade with Mexico is larger that the trade with the rest of all Latin America combined:US-Central and South America Trade (2012):exports: US$ 183,187.8 millionimports: US$ 171,780.5 millionbalance: US$ 11,407.3 millionUS-Mexico Trade (2012)exports: US$ 215,931.2 millionimports: US$ 277,569.8 millionbalance: US$ -61,638.6 million
to improve infrastructure in North America by pooling resources
NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Association; it helped Mexico, Canada, and the US trade easier with each other.