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A few balloons and some cheers, if you please, to celebrate the state’s opening of a trade office in Mexico City. It’s great news and the result of state and local collaboration as well as public-private partnerships.The new office will put Arizona in a better position to grow trade with Mexico and compete for direct foreign investment. So yippee.But, alas, there’s a shadow over the celebration that’s serious enough to attract the attention of Sen. John McCain.Just as Arizona starts to get serious about courting trade with Mexico, banks are closing branches along the border.via Cheers and tears on...

The U.S. could help strengthen ties with its North American neighbors by increasing its pipeline capacity, including approval of the Keystone XL from Canada to Texas, which remains stalled in Obama administration review.Even with all of our domestic concerns, it’s a big world out there, and America must keep at least one eye focused beyond our borders. But maybe not as far beyond, says a new report from the Council on Foreign Relations.The U.S. could do itself a world of good by deepening its integration and cooperation among its closest neighbors, Canada and Mexico, and building on the foundation...

Small- and medium-sized enterprises SMEs are the backbone of not only the U.S. economy, but also of the broader North American free-trade area. Canada and Mexico are the top two destinations for U.S. exports from SMEs, and small-business suppliers also feed inputs into larger companies and benefit from the expanded exports of the final products. In the run-up to the next round of the U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue and the North American Leaders Summit, this event explored the importance of interlocking supply chains to the broader goal of North American competitiveness.via Summary: Mexico and the United States – Strengthening...