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As was expected following both the United States House of Representatives and Senate each voting to move forward with the United States Mexico Canada (USMCA) agreement, as a replacement for its predecessor the North American Free Trade Agreement, USMCA was formally signed into law by President Trump yesterday.

Significant progress has been reached towards the possibility of signing the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA), an updated version of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) into law, with U.S. House Democrats and the White House indicating they have come to terms on a working deal, according to various reports and statements issued today.

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The threatened Trump Administration tariffs against Mexico would have negligible impact on the Port of Oakland – the nation’s largest ocean cargo gateway for agricultural exports.

Fr8Hub said that the focus of its digital freight marketplace is on directly matching cross-border shippers throughout Mexico and the U.S.—to and from border cities—with available carriers and drivers for their loads. And it added that through a pairing of tracking and visibility for shipments in and out of Mexico, the company’s flagship offering is a streamlined, cross-border freight marketplace.

Amid reports this week that the White House would consider allowing trucks to continue to cross the United States-Mexico border, should President Trump go through with his pledge to close the border, in order to curb illegal immigration, various business concerns are making it clear that shutting down the border could have severe economic consequences.

Chattanooga, Tennessee-based truckload and full-service freight transportation provider U.S. Xpress recently announced that it plans to formally divest its U.S.-Mexico cross-border investment. The company said that this move is part of ongoing capital allocation and profit improvement efforts. And it explained that this initiative is expected to reduce current and planned invested capital by roughly $40 million, and also improve its consolidated operating margin, and provide customers with continued access to cross-border service through what it described as...

There appears to be a collective sigh relief among freight railroad industry stakeholders, regardless of the agreement’s new name.

Toshiba celebrated the opening of their 38,000 square-foot building in Guadalajara Mexico yesterday with a ribbon-cutting attended by government officials, representatives of academic institutions, media and clients.

Based on news coming out of the nation’s capital yesterday, it appears that progress on NAFTA’s future is becoming visible, at least, with the U.S. and Mexico coming to terms on various facets of a new NAFTA, so to speak.

Corporación Raymond de México covers materials handling needs in Mexico, and Central and South America.

Political bluster aside, logistics professionals on all sides of the border agree that careful planning, attention to detail and good partnerships are all key to continued, efficient cross-border transit—no matter who’s in the White House.

“World Cup mania” has gained momentum in Mexico, but the hidden story for the nation may really be its resurgence as trade powerhouse, says A.P. Moller-Maersk.

Güdel, a global manufacturer of linear motion modules, robot track motion units and gantry robots and components, is pleased to announce that Güdel-TSC (Monterrey, Mexico) has become the first member of A3 Mexico.

BTS said all five major transportation modes– truck, rail, pipeline, vessel and air –moved more U.S. freight with Canada and Mexico by value in 2017 compared to 2016. And it added that total value of cross-border freight carried on all modes rose 6.6 percent from 2016 to $1.2 trillion in current dollars.