Free Trade Zone

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Officials want to create a new free-trade zone along the US-Mexico border; DFW Airport invests in a data-sharing platform; Mexico sees a record trade surplus in October; and Mexico announces 29 new infrastructure projects at $11.5 billion.

Darren Prokop writes about foreign trade zones and their impact on imports, exports and the economy.

But a failure to secure a no-deal Brexit could scupper their plans to reshore manufacturing.

Maersk says it will expand the technology behind its customs house brokerage business as well as developing its integrated logistics business.