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The letter added that USMCA ensures U.S. manufacturers, farmers, and service providers can continue to access the Canadian and Mexican markets, while also noting that it guarantees that virtually all U.S. exports enter these markets tariff-free, while also helping American companies and their employees compete in the country’s top two export markets.

Taking steps to further expand its United States-Mexico border operations and presence, Eden Prairie, Minn.-based global third-party logistics (3PL) services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson said this week it has added more than 450,000 square-feet of warehousing and cross-border docking space in El Paso, Texas, which it said brings the company’s U.S.-Mexico logistics footprint to more than 2 million square-feet.

Echo said its Mexico services include options for dry van, temperature-controlled shipping, flatbed, LTL, intermodal, and managed transportation. And it added that with its integrated cross-border transportation technology and a team of bilingual experts, Echo provides shippers with what it called a seamless experience for navigating trade and customs regulations.

In a Form 8-K statement issued last week, UPS said that it terminated its plans to acquire Estafeta due to the inability of all closing conditions to be satisfied.

The plan also covers steel, textiles, and around 1,400 other products from countries without trade agreements.

Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently caught up with Doug Waggoner, CEO of Chicago-based 3PL Echo Global Logistics. Waggoner offered up insights on various logistics and supply chain trends and themes, including: freight economic conditions, capacity and rates, M&A, technology, and cross-border logistics, among others.

A trio of freight transportation service providers—J.B. Hunt Transport Services, a subsidiary of Lowell, Ark.-based trucking and intermodal services bellwether J.B. Hunt, Fort Worth, Texas-based Class I railroad carrier BNSF Railway, and Mexico-based rail services provider GMXT—rolled out a new intermodal service focusing on the Mexican market.

This follows a March 2024 effort, in which Echo expanded its cross-border services in Mexico, following eight years of managing southern border shipping services.

As was expected, the United States this week placed matching 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada (with energy resources from Canada receiving a 10% tariff), as well as an additional 10% tariff on goods imported to the U.S. from China, are now in effect.

While new tariffs are not yet in effect, Trump said that will be changing, as soon as by February 1, with various reports indicating that Trump will place 25% tariffs on U.S.-bound imports from Canada and Mexico, effective February 1.

With President-elect Donald Trump set to return to the White House later this month, there has been a fair amount of attention focused on his plans regarding tariffs, a key cornerstone of his economic agenda.

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With former President Donald J. Trump winning back the White House, it is clear that the supply chain and freight logistics markets are in for some changes on various fronts.

This comes on the heels of the parties agreeing to an extension of the current Master Contract until January 15, 2025, which they said is contingent on bargaining on all open issues. And they added that the respective ILA and USMX negotiating committees will meet in New Jersey, in hopes of coming to terms for a new Master Contract Proposal that can be presented to the full ILA Wage Scale Committee for approval, and later to ILA Longshore workers for ratification.

In this podcast, LM Group News Editor interviews Mark Baxa, President & CEO of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP).