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Border Trade Alliance statement on Executive Order on asylum seekers at U.S.-Mexico border
WASHINGTON – Border Trade Alliance President Ms. Britton Mullen released the following statement regarding the Biden administration Executive Order on the United States-Mexico border: “The cross-border trade community has been deeply frustrated with the management of the U.S.-Mexico border. Due...
Read MorePress release: Broad coalition of U.S.-Mexico border stakeholders calls on Presidents Biden and López Obrador to act to secure border, enhance region’s competitive standing
Absent federal solutions and greater cooperation, communities and businesses will continue to pay a stiff price, economy will suffer, groups say WASHINGTON and AUSTIN, TEXAS – A large coalition of private and public stakeholders in the United States and Mexico led by the Border Trade Alliance,...
Read MoreBroad coalition of U.S.-Mexico border stakeholders calls on Presidents Biden and López Obrador to act to secure border, enhance region’s competitive standing
A large coalition of private and public stakeholders in the United States and Mexico led by the Border Trade Alliance, the Texas Association of Business, and CONCAMIN on May 8, 2024 sent a letter to President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador urging the two presidents to...
Read MoreBTA calls for Mexican government engagement on train disruptions
The BTA strongly supports a multi-modal trade environment, so we are alarmed at delays of northbound trains originating in Mexico that have been boarded by migrants. In our April 29, 2024 letter to the Mexican Ambassador to the U.S., the BTA writes: We urge the Government of Mexico to provide...
Read MoreBorder Trade Alliance encourages action on Rio Grande water allocations
The Border Trade Alliance sent this letter to the Department of State and Department of Agriculture on April 17, 2024, regarding Mexico’s compliance with the 1944 treaty between our two countries on the tributaries that flow into the Rio Grande, encouraging the organizations to take immediate...
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