Border Trade Alliance applauds bipartisan effort to extend Donation Acceptance Program
The Border Trade Alliance today applauded a bipartisan congressional effort to extend the Donation Acceptance Program, which allows local governments and stakeholders to partner with the federal government to enhance infrastructure that facilitates trade and travel.
BTA files comments in response to ITC trade investigation
The BTA in October 2020 filed these comments in response to U.S. International Trade Commission investigation Economic Impact of Trade Agreements Implemented Under Trade Authorities Procedures, 2021 Report.
Border Trade Alliance opposes indefinite halt to so-called “non-essential” cross-border travel
Since the outset of the declaration of a global pandemic, the communities and businesses along the United States’ borders with Mexico and Canada have, like every other community in the country, been affected from both [...]
Backsliding towards protectionism: USTR actions toward imported Mexican fresh produce undermine USMCA
Border Trade Alliance President Ms. Britton Clarke said her organization is concerned the moves by the administration risk undermining the recently implemented United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA.
BTA Leads Arizona Delegation Letter to Ambassador Lighthizer regarding Mexican Tomato Imports
In advance of the virtual hearings on August 13th and 20th to consider foreign trade practices that may be harming American growers of seasonal and perishable, the BTA led members of the Arizona Congressional delegation [...]
BTA Testimony for USTR Hearings – August 2020
Full text of the testimony by BTA Chair, Sergio Contreras, at the USTR Hearing regarding trade distorting policies that may be affecting seasonal and perishable products in U.S. Commerce.