Greg Abbott's border stunt keeps harming Texas

[Guno צְבִי]

Mexico reroutes trade to New Mexico

Gov. Greg Abbott's days-long inspection of commercial trucks entering Texas from Mexico cost the state an estimated $4.2 billion in economic damage. The political fiasco also boosted business in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.

When the lengthy inspections stalled commercial traffic, many trucks re-routed to the border crossing at Santa Teresa. This prompted Mexico to announce a planned trade connection that will go through New Mexico instead of Texas. The expansion is called the T-MEC Corridor which will connect the port of Mazatlan to Winnipeg, Canada.

"We're now not going to use Texas," said Mexican Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier at a conference in Mexico City. "We can't leave all the eggs in one basket and be hostages to someone who wants to use trade as a political tool."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gr...64d292ebeacd4b

[cawacko]

I'll defer to people in Texas but reading about this it just seemed like a dumb *ss move on Abbot's part and now this is the payback they receive. There's one thing that is bi-partisan, when politicians do things for show to fire up their hard core base there is often (negative) repercussions.

[Phantasmal]

Rail and trucking!

This was a really stupid move on Abbot’s part!

[Walt]

Mexico reroutes trade to New Mexico

Gov. Greg Abbott's days-long inspection of commercial trucks entering Texas from Mexico cost the state an estimated $4.2 billion in economic damage. The political fiasco also boosted business in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.

When the lengthy inspections stalled commercial traffic, many trucks re-routed to the border crossing at Santa Teresa. This prompted Mexico to announce a planned trade connection that will go through New Mexico instead of Texas. The expansion is called the T-MEC Corridor which will connect the port of Mazatlan to Winnipeg, Canada.

"We're now not going to use Texas," said Mexican Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier at a conference in Mexico City. "We can't leave all the eggs in one basket and be hostages to someone who wants to use trade as a political tool."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gr...64d292ebeacd4b

It is just common sense. Every time these Republicans attack businesses, the businesses will hurt, but they will route around the Republicans hurting the Republicans. It is like killing the goose that laid the golden egg... It also hurts the goose.