Editing Maquiladora (section)

=== The 2000s ===
A 2011 Federal Reserve report indicated that the maquiladora industry affects U.S. border city employment in service sectors.<ref>[http://www.dallasfed.org/assets/documents/research/papers/2011/wp1107.pdf Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, ''The Impact of the Maquiladora Industry on U.S. Border Cities'', 2011]</ref> Although the maquiladora industry suffered due to the [[early 2000s recession]], maquiladoras constituted 54% of the US-Mexico trade in 2004, and by 2005, the maquiladora exports accounted for half of Mexico's exports.<ref name="AmericanOutsourcing" /> In the 2000s, the maquila industry faced competition due to rise of other countries with availability of cheap labor, including Malaysia, India, and Pakistan. The biggest threat came from China's [[Special Economic Zones of the People's Republic of China|Special Economic Areas]].<ref name="AmericanOutsourcing" />