Francisco Garcia Cabeza de Vaca and Miguel Ángel Riquelme Solis, governors of Tamaulipas and Coahuila respectively, sent a letter to Greg Abbott, governor of Texas, United States, asking him to reconsider cargo vehicle inspection policies.
According to the text, the governors assured that Mexico is the most important trading partner of the United States and Texas. In addition, they indicated that the states that border between Americans and Mexicans “are the most dynamic, complex and challenging land border regions in the world.”
In addition, Cabeza de Vaca and Riquelme Solis noted that if the same inspection measures continue to be implemented, they are “concerned about high logistics costs, environmental damage and supply chain problems that are by-products of these inspections.”
“Unfortunately, political points have never been a good recipe for addressing common challenges or threats. However, taking advantage of opportunities for collaboration to address problems is the best way to solve problems. What we have today is a no-win situation for anyone”, the document reads.
However, they recalled how the COVID-19 pandemic damaged economies around the world, with Mexico and the US being among the main affected and where they have encountered “tremendous disruptions” in the supply chain, affecting people's lives, so establishing border inspection policies “only will deepen the wounds, especially when we are just trying to remove our bandages.”
García Cabeza de Vaca and Riquelme Solis argued that Mexican women have faced various economic problems because of the above and the policies in place in Texas “will make it even more difficult.”
“These acts only intensify problems, especially if people lose their jobs and harm families and businesses on both sides of the border. Ultimately, this policy will increase consumer costs in an already record-breaking 40-year-old inflated market: holding the border hostage is not the answer,” they said.
The letter was shared through their official Twitter accounts, where the governor of Tamaulipas wrote on April 12: “We speak out to strengthen collaboration and our relationship for the benefit of binational trade and families on both sides of the border, always putting security and competitiveness first of this important region”.
While Riquelme Solis said: “We reiterate our commitment to continue working in coordination with Texas and our readiness for dialogue, seeking solutions for trade security between Mexico and the US.”
On the same day, through a statement, the Special Committee for Monitoring the Implementation of the T-MEC (CESITMEC), headed by PRI Senator Claudia Ruiz Massieu, said that this measure affects trade flows between the two countries by increasing the review time of each unit that wishes to join Texas territory for up to 24 hours, which impacts prices for consumers.
He recalled that at present, vehicles entering goods from our country to the US are effectively and efficiently inspected by the Customs and Border Protection Services.
It was last week when Abbott ordered that every cargo truck coming from Mexico be inspected by state officials, after passing the federal one at the ports of entry, in order to contain the entry of migrants, mostly from Central America.
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