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Mexico Loves Costco

We've written before about how China's growing middle class is buying more stuffthat's made in America.

Turns out, the same thing is happening in Mexico, which buys more U.S. stuffthan China.

The Washington Post has a big story on U.S. trade with Mexico, and it focuses on Costco, which has 32 stores in Mexico and is popular with the country's middle-class shoppers:

There's also a slide show with the WaPo story that has tons of pictures of the Mexican Costco, which is kind of funny because it looks EXACTLY like every Costco you've ever been to in the U.S.

Hat tip: Cyrus Farivar

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Jacob Goldstein is an NPR correspondent and co-host of the Planet Money podcast. He is the author of the book Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing.
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