The Voice of the Border: Trade, immigration, infrastructure, health, agriculture, technology
Leading border trade group taps former DHS division director
PHOENIX – The Border Trade Alliance (BTA) today announced that Nelson Balido has been hired as the organization’s new president.
Balido, who hails from San Antonio, has extensive experience in the public and private sectors. His career […]
December 8, 2009
El Paso’s Kathy Neal to Chair Border Trade Alliance in 2010
A.O. Smith Director of Trade Compliance to helm leading trade group
PHOENIX – Kathy Neal of El Paso, Texas has been elected by the Border Trade Alliance board of directors to chair the organization in 2010. Neal, who served as vice-chair […]
Leading cross-border trade group protested key border infrastructure office’s closing this summer
PHOENIX – The Border Trade Alliance (BTA) today applauded a decision by the General Services Administration to reinstate the land border ports of entry office it shuttered earlier this summer.
The division’s closing came on the heels of the routing of millions of dollars in […]
Leading border trade group applauds move to inject real-world border experience into key infrastructure agency
PHOENIX – The Border Trade Alliance (BTA) today congratulated Hidalgo County Judge J.D. Salinas on being named as the new Region 7 administrator for the U.S. General Services Administration.
The BTA is especially keen on the hiring because of the influence Judge […]
CBP Creates Electronic Reading Room to Increase Public Access to Documents
(Friday, October 23, 2009)
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Washington - U.S. Customs and Border Protection today launched improvements in Web-based technology designed to increase public access to agency records and documents.
The upgraded CBP Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room will feature records and documents […]
BTA urges border stakeholders to share their experiences throughout the first months of WHTI via Twitter - Yep it’s Called TWHTI!
On June 1st, 2009, the first day of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) full implementation, Border Trade Alliance (BTA), is asking U.S. and Canadian citizens to use Twitter to post their cross-border travel experiences […]
Federal stimulus funds move towards addressing critical border port upgrades, but more long-term investment is needed to address increasing trade and security demands at the border.
Yesterday, the General Services Administration (GSA) submitted details to the U.S. Congress, on a proposed plan for border land port infrastructure spending, as approved under the recently […]
Mexico Responds with $2.4 Billion in Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Exports
In February, the Border Trade Alliance (BTA), the leading advocacy organization representing border communities and trade, wrote to House and Senate leaders urging them to intercede in any legislative attempt to cancel the 18 month old Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Cross-Border Trucking Demonstration Program. On […]
Views NAFTA as Positive Force in addressing economic and environmental issues
January 8, 2008 - NEW MEXICO - Border Trade Alliance (BTA), the leading tri-national organization representing border communities and trade, has appointed Erin Martin Ward to serve as Chair of the Board of Directors for 2009. Ms. Ward continues to serve as the Chair of […]
Trade Group Offers Specific Recommendations to Border state Nominees in President-elect Obama’s Cabinet
December 2, 2008, Phoenix, AZ - Yesterday, President-elect Barack Obama confirmed the nomination of two border-state elected officials, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Governor Janet Napolitano (D-AZ), as the respective nominees for the high-profile and important Cabinet positions of Secretary of […]
