BTA urges Gov. Abbott to cease trade-harming commercial vehicle inspections
The BTA on Dec. 21, 2022 sent this letter urging Gov. Greg Abbott to cease his state's duplicative and expensive commercial vehicle inspections.
The BTA on Dec. 21, 2022 sent this letter urging Gov. Greg Abbott to cease his state's duplicative and expensive commercial vehicle inspections.
The Border Trade Alliance sent this letter to congressional […]
The Border Trade Alliance sent this letter to United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai urging her to reject a recent petition from the Florida congressional delegation seeking a Sec. 301 investigation into fresh produce imports from Mexico.
Lance Jungmeyer, president of Fresh Produce […]
In this May 11, 2022 letter to President Biden, the Border Trade Alliance expresses its growing concern over the migration situation at the United States-Mexico border. The membership of the BTA includes U.S. municipalities on the border, as well as private sector firms for whom a well-functioning, efficient, and secure border is essential to their livelihoods.
While border states like Texas have an important to role to play in ensuring truck safety and code compliance, the state should be working in collaboration with CBP, not engaging in a new inspection scheme that will slow the movement of freight, which will only exacerbate the country’s supply chain crisis and put even more upward pressure on consumer prices.
The latest edition of IBC CEO Dennis Nixon's Common Sense Border Solutions paper.
Border Trade Alliance President Ms. Britton Mullen released the following statement regarding protests in Canada that have disrupted cross-border trade between the United States and Canada
January 20, 2022
Board Members,
CBP tonight held a briefing for the […]
The Border Trade Alliance on October 18, 2021 sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security seeking information about the operational aspects of DHS' easing of travel restrictions for Canadian and Mexican nationals at the U.S. northern and southern land borders.