page_title: Mexico–United States relations
section_title: Country comparison
hierarchical_section_title: Mexico–United States relations / Country comparison
caption_attribution_description: Summary from http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/print.asp?URL=/cross-border/nafta-rules/new-mexrule.htm
context_page_description: Mexico–United States relations refers to the diplomatic and economic relations between Mexico and the United States. The two countries share a maritime and land border. Several treaties have been concluded between the two nations bilaterally, such as the Gadsden Purchase, and multilaterally, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement. Both are members of various international organizations, including the Organization of American States and the United Nations.
  Since the late nineteenth century during the regime of President Porfirio Díaz, the two countries have had close diplomatic and economic ties. During Díaz's long presidency, Mexico was opened to foreign investment and U.S. entrepreneurs invested in ranching and agricultural enterprises and mining. The U.S. played an important role in the course of the Mexican Revolution with direct actions of the U.S. government in supporting or repudiating the support of revolutionary factions.
  The long border between the two countries means that peace and security in that region are important to the U.S.'s national security and international trade.
caption: The border between Mexico  and the United States spans four U.S. states, six Mexican states, and has over twenty commercial crossings.
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