As explained here and here, globalization with it transnational production sharing and cross-border investment has mitigated the impact of currency values on trade flows.
President Pastrana told journalists that his country did not feel isolated, but his fellow leaders are worried that war and drug production could spill over the border into their countries.
Outsourcing is the topic of this article, in particular outsourcing to firms that use maquiladora production ie, manufacturing in Mexican border towns, for re-export to America.
Many of the country's oil and gas exploration and production sites are located in the sparsely populated deserts of western Libya, not far from the Algerian border.