Manufacturers Ask for More Predictability in Goods Processing at US-Mexico Border
Manufacturing trade groups from the U.S. and Mexico told President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador that government actions to respond to mass migration across the U.S. border "risk making critical supply chains between the United States and Mexico less resilient and dependable."
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The National Association of Manufacturers; Concamin, a confederation of industrial interests in Mexico; and the Texas Association of Business said increased inspections of vehicles crossing the border and sudden closings of ports of entry -- with no word on how long they will remain closed -- caused delays in the movement of goods and significantly increased congestion around ports of entry.
The groups asked the government to avoid closing commercial freight and trucking lanes and not to reduce the number of employees processing trade and travel at ports of entry.
"Instead of creating de facto barriers to trade, our two countries should strive to enhance trading ties as the importance of nearshoring and friendshoring accelerates," they wrote in a letter sent May 10.