Mexico Is Chinas Back Door Into the United States

Vehicles sit in traffic while waiting to cross the U.S.–Mexico border in Laredo, Texas, on Feb. 3, 2025. Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesCommentaryThe U.S. efforts to reduce China’s influence in Latin America via Panama and Venezuela are missing a significant source of Chinese counter-U.S. action in the hemisphere. In several ways, Mexico is China’s greatest strategic partner, as Beijing’s penetration of the United States increasingly runs through Mexico.