Editing Gray Davis (section)

====Relations with Mexico====
Early in 1999, Davis sought to improve relations with Mexico. Davis believed that California under [[Pete Wilson]] had left millions of dollars of potential trade revenues "on the table."<ref name="Mexico">{{cite news |author=Robert Salladay, Examiner Capitol Bureau |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/1999/01/27/NEWS14205.dtl |title=Stats belie Davis claim on trade with Mexico |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=1999-01-27 |access-date=2010-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122231618/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fe%2Fa%2F1999%2F01%2F27%2FNEWS14205.dtl |archive-date=2009-01-22 |url-status=live }}</ref> Davis said he wanted California to have relations with Mexico that were more like [[Texas]] under then-Governor [[George W. Bush]].<ref name="Mexico"/> Controversy over the California-Mexico border and [[California Proposition 187]] had strained the relationship between the two parties.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Carla |last1=Marinucci |url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/03/18/MN224549.DTL |title=Davis to Meet Mexican Leader Twice a Year Fox arrives to inaugurate new cross-border Net link |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=2001-03-18 |access-date=2010-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604041646/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=%2Fchronicle%2Farchive%2F2001%2F03%2F18%2FMN224549.DTL |archive-date=2011-06-04 |url-status=live }}</ref> Davis met with Mexican President [[Ernesto Zedillo]] to improve relations with California's southern neighbor and major trading partner within Davis's first 30 days in office.<ref name="Accomp."/><ref name="End"/> Davis later met with President [[Vicente Fox]] and participated in his inauguration. The Governor met with Mexican presidents eight times. Under the Davis administration, California and [[Baja California]] signed a "Memorandum of Understanding" expanding cooperation in several policy areas.<ref name="Accomp."/> Under Davis, Mexico became California's leading export market for the first time in history and California's trade with Mexico surpassed all of Mexico's trade with Latin America, Europe and Asia combined.<ref name="Accomp.">{{cite web |url=http://www.gray-davis.com/Page.aspx?PageID=16 |title=Davis Digital Library, Accomplishments |publisher=Gray-davis.com |date=1999-05-18 |access-date=2010-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711123242/http://www.gray-davis.com/Page.aspx?PageID=16 |archive-date=2011-07-11 |url-status=live }}</ref> Because of the growth in the California economy, Davis opened and expanded trade offices around the world, including in Mexico. But most of these offices were eliminated in the 2003 California budget due to difficult fiscal times.<ref name="Accomp."/>