Border Trade Alliance appoints new board chairman, officers
Lance Jungmeyer, president of Fresh Produce […]
In letter, BTA says border state and local governments bear burden of dysfunctional migration system
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.
Border Trade Alliance statement on Texas border truck inspection enforcement action
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.
Common Sense Border Management Solutions: A paper by IBC CEO Dennis E. Nixon
The latest edition of IBC CEO Dennis Nixon's Common Sense Border Solutions paper.
Border Trade Alliance statement on trucker protests, border disruptions
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
BTA Shares Updates Regarding CBP Vaccine Mandates – January 2022
January 20, 2022
Board Members,
CBP tonight held a briefing for the […]
BTA seeks clarification of new procedures as border crossing restrictions ease
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.
Border Trade Alliance testifies before Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Management, discusses challenges facing land border ports of entry
In his remarks, Vale discussed the economic calamity that has resulted from the 15-month pandemic-induced restriction on cross-border travel deemed “non-essential” by the United States, Mexico and Canada.
Border Trade Alliance expresses concerns over erosion of Tomato Suspension Agreement
The BTA in June 2021 sent this letter to Commerce Sec. Gina Raimondo, which expresses the organization's concern that Commerce will treat “FOB U.S. Shipping Point” as meaning the U.S. port-of-entry, not the first U.S. selling agent’s facility. Existing law, however, defines FOB as the first point of sale, not the first point of entry.
BTA to Biden administration: Now is time to lift cross-border travel restrictions
There is no indication that a resumption of non-commercial cross-border traffic would have any material effect on ongoing efforts to end the scourge of the pandemic.