Mexican border News Updates

GovernmentLogistics

GSA to Assess Environmental Impact of Proposed Border Facility Project

The General Services Administration intends to study the environmental impact of a project that would involve the construction of inspection facilities geared toward truck and bus traffic moving across the U.S.-Mexico border. The project is a partnership with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

June 6, 2019
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Tariffs Could Lead Polaris Snowmobile Maker to Mexico

Scott Wine jokes that he doesn’t want to have to start building snowmobiles in sweltering Mexico. But the Polaris CEO is dead serious about the unintended consequences that higher U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods will have on Polaris Industries Inc. — including forcing him to consider moving jobs to Mexico.

May 8, 2019
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Mexico Border Delays Seen Weighing on US Investment, Factories

More cargo from Mexico to the United States is being held up at the border, accompanied by increasing evidence that such delays are dimming prospects for American companies.

May 7, 2019
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Trump Softens Position Toward Closing US-Mexico Border

President Donald Trump on April 4 said he will delay closing the U.S.-Mexico border for one year, just days after it was announced he would seal the southern border as early as this week.

April 3, 2019
GovernmentEquipmentSafety

Arizona DOT Expands Mexican Training Program to Subcontractors

Truckers who operate in the maquiladora business are the newest participants in the Arizona Department of Transportation’s truck safety improvement program.

October 2, 2018
GovernmentEquipmentSafety

Arizona DOT Trains Mexican Fleets, Expedites Border Inspections

The Arizona Department of Transportation has significantly reduced wait times for trucks moving through border inspection facilities using training programs geared toward Mexican fleets.

March 20, 2018
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics

GSA’s Border Facility Renovations Projected to Thin Congestion at Crossings

The General Services Administration is conducting a series of border facility renovations and overseeing related interstate closures at land ports of entry across the U.S.-Mexico border.

October 11, 2017