Strong Mexican Economy Boosts Trade of US States

A strong Mexican economy is helping boost trade of several US states. The top five exporting states to Mexico for all of 2010 include:
1) Texas, $163 billion
2) California, $21 billion
3) Michigan, $7 billion
4) Arizona, $5 billion
5) Illinois, $4 billion

The Arizona Star offers more about the Mexican economy and trade environment for these US States.

US and Mexico Trade Relationship

The US Embassy site (Mexico) offers those a quick look at key facts defining US and Mexico trade relations on Agricultural Trade, Bilateral Trade, and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Some facts you may already know, "Nearly 80% of Mexico’s agricultural exports go the U.S," whereas you may not have known that, "Mexico’s agricultural exports to the United States have expanded by nearly 9% per year, growing twice as fast as they did before NAFTA. At the same time, U.S. exports to Mexico have grown at nearly the same rate, reflecting the mutually beneficial outcomes NAFTA has provided to the agricultural sectors in both countries."

US-Mexico Trade Nears $1 Billion a Day

Us-Mexico trade shows no signs of slowing down. TheNews writes that there's also increased efforts by the US and Mexico to increase this trade relationship.US Trade Representative Kirk says:

"NAFTA removed tariffs between the United States and Mexico but trade rules need to be simplified to make trade grow even more, especially for small businesses, Kirk said.
United States and Mexico officials are now meeting in a conference on regulatory cooperation to “look for every opportunity we can to harmonize our rules and regulations so we can make it faster, cheaper, and easier to do business between the United States and Mexico.”