The Border Trade Alliance is applauding bipartisan efforts to include in a supplemental spending bill funds that would reimburse local communities for costs associated with the migrant crisis.
Group also hears from Mexico Ambassador to U.S. Martha Bárcena, […]
The Border Trade Alliance thanks Sen. Cornyn for his legislation to reimburse border communities for costs associated with the recent migrant crisis. The migrant crisis is complex and will require a multinational, regional approach to solve it. Local border communities, however, shouldn’t bear the brunt of this international issue.
The Border Trade Alliance, a pro-trade advocacy organization representing public and private sector stakeholders, is applauding a bipartisan congressional coalition’s call to ensure that any so-called “seasonality” provision is not included in the ratified United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, the successor to the North American Free Trade Agreement.
The cross-border trade community is pleased with this outcome. We know that the tariffs would have harmed our economy and would not have had their intended effect of stemming the tide of Central American asylum-seekers at the U.S. southern border. We would encourage the administration now to redouble its efforts to work with leaders on Capitol Hill to ensure the passage of the USMCA and continue to cooperate with our neighbor Mexico in confronting the challenges at our shared border.
The Border Trade Alliance on Wednesday urged the United States and Mexico to continue working cooperatively and prevent any tariffs from taking place as talks at the White House continue.
The U.S. trading relationship with Mexico is essential to the country’s economic health, which is put at great peril if new tariffs are imposed on Mexican imports.
Establishing tariffs on our friends, neighbors, and trading partners is exactly the wrong policy to pursue."
We regret that the Department of Commerce has withdrawn the U.S. from the agreement that has governed U.S.-Mexico tomato trade for decades. It’s a move that hits shoppers in the wallet. As a result of this decision and the establishment of tariffs on fresh tomato imports from Mexico, U.S. consumers will face higher prices on popular tomato varieties.
If the recent border slowdown causes a one-third reduction in trade over a three-month period, it would cost the US economy $69 billion in gross product and 620,236 job-years.