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Mexico Is Already America's Factory. Why Is It Still Poor?

Mexico has overtaken China as the United States' leading industrial supplier, yet its GDP per capita has barely improved in two decades. The explanation lies not in what it exports but in the value it keeps: a country anchored to the cheapest link of the global chain, with more than half its workforce informal and a state that …