Eskander Yavar

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Embracing tech standards before pandemic benefited manufacturers; eBay opens platform to millions of sellers in Latin America; Bull Moose Tube announces Texas mill; and CBP seizes $4 million in fake items at Port Houston.

While optimism is returning to the economy, 83% of manufacturers expect their company to take up to a year to recover, according to a survey from BDO.