And then there were three again. On September 30, Canada and the U.S. announced that they had come to an agreement on the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). On August 27, the U.S. and Mexico announced that they had come to terms on their end of the renegotiations, and it was […]

In economic terms, a country’s balance of trade compares what it exports to the world to what it imports. If a country exports more than it imports, it is said to have a trade surplus. If it imports more than it exports, it has a trade deficit. Such is the case in the U.S., which […]

Within 45 days of each other, two quintessential figures who helped shape the border economy in the Paso del Norte region (El Paso, Juarez, southern New Mexico) passed away, leaving legacies that go back decades and are still being developed today. Each of these two stalwarts is responsible for transforming the economies in their respective […]