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Mount Franklin Foods opening new candy factory at Mexican-U.S. border
CHIHUAHUA – Mount Franklin Foods is opening a new 220,000-sq.-ft., state-of-the-art candy manufacturing facility in San Jeronimo — a port…
Mexico and U.S. extend land border closure till October 21
MEXICO – The border between Mexico and the United States will remain closed to nonessential travel until at least October…
US$40 million will be invested in Pharr port
PHARR – An expansion project of the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge leading into South Texas is expected to add dozens of…
Lawsuit alleging private border wall violates U.S.-Mexico treaty appears headed to trial
TEXAS – A lawsuit filed by the federal government against the builder of a private border wall that hugs the…
Exports from Juarez to the U.S. fall
JUAREZ – During the first semester of 2020, Ciudad Juarez stopped exporting more than US$5.5 billion in merchandise to the…
Restrictions on Mexican agricultural products could lead to a trade war with the United States
U.S. – Legislators, exporters, and importers are debating the impact that the United States’ intention to restrict imports of Mexican…
U.S. boosts employment in Juarez
CIUDAD JUAREZ – The economic growth of the industrial sector in the United States boosted the maquiladora industry and thus…
COVID-19 Restrictions Curtail Cross-border Tourism
By Nancy J. Gonzalez COVID-19 restrictions such as the non-essential travel ban between Mexico and the U.S. as well as…
Nonessential Travel Restrictions Extended
The U.S.-Mexico border will remain closed to nonessential travel until July 21. The Trump administration said it would extend existing…
U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Elimination of DACA
The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an Obama-era program that…
Exports to the U.S. have their worst drop since 1986
MEXICO – Merchandise exports from Mexico to the United States fell 53.5% last May, its worst result since 1986 at…
Steel exports to the U.S. fell 10.28% in May
MEXICO – In May Mexico exported to the United States US$188 billion in steel products for consumption, a drop of…
Immigrants, the engine of the U.S. economy
U.S. – A new demographic study says immigrants are taking the jobs that U.S. citizens don’t want, according to data…
U.S. and Mexico extend border restrictions on nonessential travel
MEXICO – Mexico and the United States agreed to extend the closure of their land border to nonessential travel until…
U.S. energy investments to be curbed
MEXICO – The American Petroleum Institute (API) denounced that the Mexican government is weakening and discriminating against investments by U.S….
