Today we’re going to analyze one of the world's most important partnerships that you probably never think about: Mexico and the United States. They share a nearly 2,000-mile border, which has led to the two nations having long-standing close trade, cultural, demographic ties. In 2018, trade between the two countries totaled $671 billion which is a lot of billions and makes Mexico the United States third-largest trading partner. We gave them Coca Cola. Written by: Chris Cappy & Byron Tialios Byron Tialios graduated with an MA in international security with a concentration on intel analysis. He served as a Green Beret in 3rd Special Forces Group.