Neighbors' Neighbors: Understanding the Canada-Mexico Equation

Any analysis of the Canada-Mexico relationship must take into account the one that has separated the two countries and has become a powerful influence in the internal and international development of the two countries: their shared neighbor. Canada and Mexico have important factors in common that have to be understood and appreciated in the two nations: historically, they have experienced American expansionism; their political and economic evolution have been influenced by this situation, both domestically and exteriorly; in the two cases, that evolution has shown similarities that are often explained as a reaction to the values, policies or influences of the United States. Knowing these “parallel histories” will not only help to understand the Mexico-Canada bilateral relationship better, but can have an influence on its future.