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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 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 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."

Border Trade Alliance President Ms. Britton Mullen released the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s pause of new tariffs on Mexico and Canada.

Border Trade Alliance Chairman Pete Sepulveda, Jr. and President Ms. Britton Mullen released the following statements regarding the Trump administration’s imposition of new tariffs on USMCA trade partners Canada and Mexico.

The Border Trade Alliance on December 30, 2024, sent this letter to the Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C. urging Mexico to pause recently implemented regulatory changes affecting the textile trade.