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Article: Mexico, Relations with
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MEXICO, RELATIONS WITH
MEXICO, RELATIONS WITH.
The relationship of the United States and Mexico has been greatly influenced by a long land border, asymmetry in economic and political power, deep-rooted social and economic ties, and a troublesome history of intervention and war associated with Washington's search for new territory, resources, security, and stability. By the end of the twentieth century, Mexico was the United States's second largest trading partner, a key member of the three-state North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the source of millions of immigrants to the United States, and a thorn in the side of Washington when it came to border crime, drug trafficking, ...