The United States will relax coronavirus restrictions at its land borders with Canada and Mexico for vaccinated travelers next month, allowing for the resumption of nonessential travel like tourism.
October 13, 2021border
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics 
Drivers wait in line on the Rainbow International Bridge at the Canadian border crossing in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg News)
US to Reopen Land Borders With Canada, Mexico for Vaccinated Travelers
Drivers wait in line on the Rainbow International Bridge at the Canadian border crossing in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg News) Government, Safety, Logistics, TCA 
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Cross-Border Training Program Saving Commercial Truck Drivers
David Maung/Bloomberg News Commercial truck drivers in Mexico who go through a new Arizona cross-border program are less likely to be flagged for safety violations when they show up at ports of entry, officials said.
January 26, 2018 Government, Business, Safety, Logistics, TCA 
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Trade Expert: Mexican Truck Ban Wouldn’t Have Much Impact
David Maung/Bloomberg News A possible ban on long haul trucks from Mexico under a renegotiated North American Free Trade agreement won’t have much impact, according to a trade expert in New Mexico
November 13, 2017 Government, Business, Logistics 
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NAFTA Deadlock Dashes Hopes for a Quick Deal
David Kawai/Bloomberg NewsNAFTA talks are switching gears and slowing down as key obstacles emerge, with Canada and Mexico rejecting what they see as hard-line U.S. proposals and negotiators exchanging their strongest public barbs yet.
October 18, 2017 Government, Business, Logistics 
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Mexico and Canada Reject US NAFTA Demands
Brett Gundlock/Bloomberg NewsThe ministers leading NAFTA negotiations ended the latest round of high-level talks saying they’re extending discussions into the first quarter of 2018 to resolve differences after Canada and Mexico rejected what they see as hardline U.S. proposals.
October 17, 2017 Government, Business, Logistics, TCA 
Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and Former Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker walk across the Tornillo-Guadalupe Port of Entry and International Bridge Feb. 4, 2016. Photo by Jetta Disco, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Commercial Processing at Tornillo US-Mexico Port of Entry Suspended for ‘Lack of Demand’
Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and Former Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker walk across the Tornillo-Guadalupe Port of Entry and International Bridge Feb. 4, 2016. Photo by Jetta Disco, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.In the years leading up to the construction of an about $133 million port of entry in Tornillo, Texas, county leaders talked about the need for a bridge that would alleviate commercial traffic at other border crossings in El Paso.
October 17, 2017 Government, Logistics 
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NAFTA Talks Left Reeling After Aggressive US Proposals Land
Photo by Glenn Fawcett, U.S. Customs and Border Protection After laying out the Trump administration’s most aggressive NAFTA demands to date, chief U.S. negotiator John Melle was asked on Oct. 15 how things are progressing. “Fabulous,” he said, smiling and shrugging before entering a negotiating room once more.
October 16, 2017 Government, Logistics 
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US Offers Proposal That Could Kill NAFTA in Five Years
Jerry Huddleston/Flickr U.S. negotiators on Oct. 12 presented a proposal for a so-called “sunset clause” that would see the North American Free Trade Agreement expire after five years unless the parties can agree to extend it, according to two people familiar with the talks.
October 12, 2017 Government, Logistics 
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Trump’s ‘Poison Pill’ NAFTA Proposals Threaten to Derail Talks
Olivier Douliery/ Abaca Press/TNS NAFTA talks have resumed with the U.S. administration looking increasingly isolated in its proposals to change the trade pact, as key figures raised the prospect of a collapse in negotiations.
October 11, 2017 Government, Logistics 
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Joint US-Mexican Truck Inspections to Speed Up Trade at Otay Mesa Border Crossing
Sam Hodgson/Bloomberg NewsA maddeningly slow inspection process that can make crossing the border an ordeal lasting as long as six hours for trucks carrying cargo from Tijuana to San Diego soon could be dramatically speeded up.
October 9, 2017