U.S.-Mexico trade

Borderlands Mexico: Texas-based customs broker expands cross-border footprint

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Texas-based customs broker expands cross-border footprint; Pennsylvania-based mushroom grower expands production into Mexico; Impilo expands distribution network with Phoenix warehouse; and TT Electronics opens factory along US-Mexico border.

Texas-based customs broker expands cross-border footprint

In 1991, Eduardo Lozano started his cross-border freight...

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Mexico aims to compete with Panama Canal by using cargo trains

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With drought at the Panama Canal and conflicts in the Red Sea and other global shipping lanes...

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Taiwan-based electronics maker investing $500M in Mexico

Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, said Tuesday that it’s partnering with the Chihuahua state government in Mexico to advance nearshoring, workforce training and energy solutions.

The $500 million investment is aimed at expanding the company’s manufacturing capabilities in Mexico, Foxconn officials said.

“This partnership reflects a shared vision between Foxconn and Chihuahua to elevate the [state’s] industrial capabilities, empower its workforce and contribute to...

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White House: Cross-border truck delays hammering supply chains

The White House is pressuring Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to lift added inspections of commercial trucks entering from Mexico as supply chain disruption at the border threatens to spin out of control.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki warned in a statement Wednesday that cross-border delays caused by the inspections — which Abbott said last week he was putting in place at major crossings to curb illegal immigration — “are causing significant disruptions to the food and automobile supply chains,...

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Cargo airlines ask DOT to block Mexican carrier from US market

TUM Aerocarga CRJ200 cargo jet. Close up of tail and engine.t

The nephew of famed airline entrepreneur Conrad Kalitta, founder of all-cargo carrier Kalitta Air, is asking the U.S. Department of Transportation to shield it from foreign competition by blocking a small Mexican cargo airline from entering the U.S. market.

TUM Aerocarga, based in Toluca, earlier this month made a routine request under the 2015 bilateral air services agreement between the U.S. and Mexico for permission to conduct cargo flights to and from the U.S. It also seeks an exemption from...

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