[spaceman_2020]

I see reports like these and think that Mexico is a failed narco state.

And yet you see reports of NAFTA trade and the fact that Mexico is now America’s largest trading partner.

Hard to reconcile the two. A state without law and order is also a leading trading partner with tons of complex, large scale manufacturing.

What gives?

[nirui]

The art of trade. As long as someone produces stuff that meets your standard, and you can get it without been punished (i.e. through legal trading), then you have too little reason to care about their real-life struggles.

Plus, at this stage, Mexico's problem is too big to be fixed all by themselves. Trading with the world maybe the only few chances that they still got if they wanted to change the status quo for the better.

[Incipient]

I'd say it's because the US can get cheap stuff from Mexico, and corporations can take advantage of incredibly lax (absent?) labour laws to get things done quickly and cheaply.

[bryanlarsen]

OTOH Europeans read reports that the US has an average of more than two mass shootings per day and think that the US is a failed state

[MuffinFlavored]

Which is telling the “truth”?

What are Europe’s shortcomings?

[jasonm23]

This implies the US is not a failed state. Take a closer look.

[xordon]

Mexico isn't the USA's largest trade partner, it isn't even the largest one in NAFTA.

[spaceman_2020]

Nope, its Mexico.

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/highlights/t...

[glimshe]

One thing HN commentators have in common with LLMs: the ability to say completely wrong things with total confidence.

[jasonm23]

possibly attempted astroturf...