Companies rush to ship cars, appliances and as many other goods as possible out of Mexico to beat the tariffs threatened by President Trump.
Trucks line up to cross into the United States at the border in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, June 7, 2019. Companies have been rushing to ship as many goods as possible out of Mexico to get ahead of possible tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump, hurriedly sending cars, appliances and construction materials across the border to beat Monday’s deadline.
“You see these supply chain-managers on a tear, just bringing stuff in as fast as they can,” said Jerry Pacheco, president of the Border Industrial Association in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. “Almost every major supply-chain manager who is bringing stuff from Mexico is scrambling to get their stuff across the border as quickly as possible.”
“There’s so much uncertainty. Not even the secretary of the economy can tell us what the future holds,” she said. “It’s totally absurd.” The tariffs were the topic of conversation at an import-export convention planned months ago called “Foreign Trade and New Opportunities” Friday south of Tijuana in the beach town of Rosarito, where presenters tried to calm nerves.
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