HARLINGEN, Texas (Border Report) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday cited safety concerns by Mexican officials that triggered a massive international trade incident that has resulted in stopped flights from U.S. airports to Mexico City.
The stoppage was announced Thursday by the Trump administration and affects airports in McAllen, San Antonio, Dallas and Austin and nine other U.S. airports, as well all combined passenger and cargo flights by Mexican airlines to the United States from Mexico City’s new Felipe Angeles International Airport.
In the latest episode of Border Report Live, El Paso correspondent Julian Resendiz breaks down Sheinbaum’s reasons for the trade tiff between the two bordering countries.
South Texas correspondent Sandra Sanchez explains how Mexico missed its water debt deadline to the United States this past five-year cycle under a 1944 international treaty, and by how much.
Plus, 14 Republican lawmakers sent U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins a letter questioning the “long-term fairness” of allowing Argentina to quadruple its beef imports as the United States also gave the South American country $40 billion for economic aid.
They also worry of health contamination from Argentinian beef.
The importation of Mexican beef has been halted because of fears of the New World screwworm, which has been found in Mexico and near the U.S. border.
Meanwhile, Americans are paying 50% more for beef than in 2020 and lawmakers say the U.S. cattle industry is hurting.
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