1  From 1980 to 2010, Mexican exports to the United States rose from 5.0 percent of GDP to 23.1 percent, while Mexican imports from the United States increased from 5.7 percent of GDP to 14.0 percent.
During the same period, FDI from the United States to Mexico grew by more than 1.8 times in constant dollars, while workers’ remittances, most of which come from the United States, increased 32 times.