The United States bought more goods from Mexico than China in 2023 for the first time in 20 years, evidence of how much global trade patterns have shifted.
No way. They import electronics from the place that sells cheap electronics?!
No but honestly Mexico being our produce supplier and then using that money to get better electronics to make more food sounds like such a big win for us even if it mildly benefits China.
Funny how US imports go down just as Mexico’s go up.
You’ve linked two different graphs with timescales that don’t match. If you zoom out the timescales, you can see US Chinese imports vary considerably throughout the year but are roughly level over 10 years. Meanwhile Mexico’s Chinese imports have been on a predictable upward trajectory for over 20 years.
And neither of these independent variables gives us any information at all about Chinese goods being imported into the US via Mexico. This is as bad as someone sending that “what happened in 1971” page as evidence for something.
This kind of shit happens in Canada all the time. A Canadian makes the packaging, puts the Chinese made thing in it and slaps a “made in Canada” sticker on it.
E: Y’all haven’t heard about soil degradation and desertification? Mexico already experiences drought conditions lately that affect like >80% of the country. It has lost ~20% if it’s airable land in recent years as the soil is dying.
Mexico supplies us with a ton of produce. They have a great climate for growing year-round
https://tradingeconomics.com/mexico/imports/china
No way. They import electronics from the place that sells cheap electronics?!
No but honestly Mexico being our produce supplier and then using that money to get better electronics to make more food sounds like such a big win for us even if it mildly benefits China.
Funny how US imports go down just as Mexico’s go up. Almost like there might be a strategy to global economics.
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/imports-from-china
You’ve linked two different graphs with timescales that don’t match. If you zoom out the timescales, you can see US Chinese imports vary considerably throughout the year but are roughly level over 10 years. Meanwhile Mexico’s Chinese imports have been on a predictable upward trajectory for over 20 years.
And neither of these independent variables gives us any information at all about Chinese goods being imported into the US via Mexico. This is as bad as someone sending that “what happened in 1971” page as evidence for something.
Apologies, try this-
China might be sending Mexico almost-finished goods. Mexico is doing the final touches such that they can meet the different criteria that they need to so that this is now a ‘Mexican-made’ versus a Chinese-made good.
This kind of shit happens in Canada all the time. A Canadian makes the packaging, puts the Chinese made thing in it and slaps a “made in Canada” sticker on it.
Had.
E: Y’all haven’t heard about soil degradation and desertification? Mexico already experiences drought conditions lately that affect like >80% of the country. It has lost ~20% if it’s airable land in recent years as the soil is dying.
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