Today, the U.S. Department of State hosted the 2nd U.S.-Mexico Strategic Dialogue on Disrupting Transnational Criminal Organizations.

The goal of the dialogue is to advance strategic approaches to disrupt the multi-billion-dollar business model of those who profit from illicit drug trafficking and threaten security.

U.S. relations with #Mexico are strong and vital. The two countries share a border, and bilateral relations between the two have a direct impact on the lives and livelihoods of millions of Americans, whether the issue is trade and economic reform, education exchange, citizen security, drug control, migration, entrepreneurship and innovation, or the environment. The scope of U.S.-Mexican relations is broad and goes beyond diplomatic and official relations. It entails extensive commercial, cultural, and educational ties, with some 1.4 billion dollars of two-way trade and hundreds of thousands of legal border crossings each day.

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