There’s nothing more American—and Mexican—than a pair of jeans.

U.S. cotton bales are gathered from Texas to the Carolinas and shipped as fluff, yarn or fabric across the border to Mexico, where they are cut, sewn and pieced together. Around 40% of men’s and boy’s jeans in the U.S. are imported from Mexico, according to the U.S.’s International Trade Administration, and some of the world’s largest denim companies, including Levi Strauss and VF Corporation, maker of brands Lee and Wrangler, have a presence in Mexico.

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