cross-border trade
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Driver issues
Lack of qualified truck drivers being felt across U.S.-Mexico border region
Drivers of 18-wheelers, tractor-trailers, delivery trucks, freight trucks and tanker trucks hauled more than $671 billion in goods across the…
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Business
Cross-border best practices during President Trump’s trade policy uncertainties
More than $400 billion in freight crossed in both directions through the United States-Mexico border by truck in 2018. In…
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Container
Port of Brownsville, Texas gets permit for $350 million channel deepening project
The Port of Brownsville recently received a key permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deepen the 17-mile…
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Business
Fr8Hub expands Mexico operations, names Laura Mandujano Valdés as country manager for Mexico
Fr8Hub recently announced that it will expand its services to provide domestic freight matching throughout Mexico, connecting shippers with available…
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Business
Laredo Motor Carriers Association aims to unite local trucking industry along the border
In June 2016, a leading group of Laredo carrier companies decided to band together and launch a new association focused…
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Trade
Commentary: Unintended economics – the Mexican chapter
Market expert Donald Broughton writes about the numerous consequences of a U.S. Mexico trade war and the damage that will…
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Legal issues
Congress considers blocking Trump’s Mexico tariffs
Business groups may also look to courts as potential way out
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Legal issues
President Trump threatens tariffs of up to 25% on all Mexican imports (with video)
Tariffs starting June 10 at 5 percent to escalate to 25 percent by October 1.
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News
White House: Trump would let trucks cross Mexican border if it closes
Even if the border remains open to freight, shutting out the ~500k workers, students, shoppers, and tourists who legally cross…
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Canada
Titanium pushes outside Canada with U.S.-based brokerage
Canadian cross-border trucking and logistics firm to establish new business based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and plans additional locations in…
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