Border Trade Alliance applauds Senate passage of National Defense Authorization Act including language to streamline permit requirements for cross-border infrastructure
WASHINGTON (October 10, 2025)–The Border Trade Alliance today […]
Border Trade Alliance to Capitol Hill: Pass a continuing resolution to avert government shutdown
The BTA on Sept. 29, 2025 called on the U.S. Senate to pass a continuing resolution and avert a government shutdown. In a shutdown, CBP Officers would be forced to work without pay.
Border Trade Alliance supporting legislation to crack down on cargo theft
The BTA wrote to the chairmen of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees urging them to take up the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act (CORCA), which, among other things, expands law enforcement's authority to investigate and prosecute organized theft rings. (9/24/25)
U.S. exits Tomato Suspension Agreement, BTA urges negotiations to continue to avert further damage to U.S. economy, jobs
The BTA on July 14, 2025 sent this statement expressing its disappointment that the Department of Commerce was withdrawing the U.S. from the agreement that has governed U.S.-Mexico tomato trade for decades. It’s a move that not only hits shoppers in the wallet by driving up the cost of Mexican-grown tomatoes, but it injects yet more disruption into North American cross-border trade.
Border Trade Alliance urges Commerce Department to preserve Tomato Suspension Agreement, cites rising prices
The Border Trade Alliance on June 26, 2025 sent a letter to Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick urging him not to exit the 2019 Tomato Suspension Agreement (TSA) with Mexico. Withdrawing from this proven framework would disrupt a critical North American supply chain, significantly raise food prices for U.S. consumers, and endanger tens of thousands of American jobs tied to the cross-border fresh produce trade.
BTA urges caution on potential new pesticide regulations
The BTA on May 20, 2025 sent a letter to […]
Commerce plan to exit Tomato Suspension Agreement will lead to higher prices on fresh tomatoes imported from Mexico
American consumers can anticipate that prices on fresh tomatoes from Mexico will go up when the United States exits the Tomato Suspension Agreement between the two countries, says the Border Trade Alliance, an organization of public and private stakeholders that promotes cross-border trade.
Border Trade Alliance: Grateful worst-case scenario for USMCA avoided, but new global reciprocal tariffs and maintenance of tariffs on Canada and Mexico comes with economic risk
In its April 3, 2025 statement, the Border Trade Alliance says it remains troubled by the maintenance of tariffs on other goods imported from Canada and Mexico. "We believe the U.S. should continue to seek opportunities to remove import taxes, which are passed onto consumers in the form of higher prices."
BTA urges Commerce to refund duties imposed on U.S. importers
BTA submitted a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce urging the refund of duties collected during the week of March 3, 2025.
Border Trade Alliance statement on imposition of new tariffs on USMCA partners Canada and Mexico
Border Trade Alliance Chairman Pete Sepulveda, Jr. and BTA President Ms. Britton Mullen released the following joint statement about the planned March 4 imposition by the United States of 25% tariffs on goods imported from Canada and Mexico: “As we have said on multiple occasions, we celebrated when President Trump passed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which modernized our country’s trade policy and reasserted North America’s position as the globe’s most economically competitive trading bloc."