Looks like Mexico has finally had enough of being demonized by the GOP and looking to take their business, and billions, with them. Mexico has basically said FU to Abbott about his stunt last month to “secure the border” by ordering searches of trucks crossing the border.
Because of the wanna-be biggest MAGA governor stunt the Mexican government says it now intends to shift long-range plans to build a trade railway connection, worth billions of dollars, from Texas to blue friendly New Mexico, and seriously damaged it’s relationship with Texas’ number 1 trading partner.
As per the Dallas Morning News, “
“Mexican Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier said a planned rail and ports expansion — known as the T-MEC Corridor — to connect the Pacific port of Mazatlán to the Canadian city of Winnipeg would not use Texas, but instead the rail line would be routed along the far edge of West Texas up through Santa Teresa, N.M., about 20 miles west of downtown El Paso.“We’re now not going to use Texas,” Clouthier said at a conference April 28 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.””
The planned rail and ports expansion, known as the T-MEC Corridor, will connect the Pacific port of Mazatlán to the Canadian city of Winnipeg. It will now be routed along the far edge of West Texas up through Santa Teresa, N.M., about 20 miles west of downtown El Paso.
Clouthier’s message was clear: Mexico is angry about the chaos at the border caused by Abbott’s surprise order a few weeks back to force commercial trucks coming from Mexico to undergo additional inspections. While Texas officials didn’t uncover any contraband or undocumented migrants, they created hours long delays that left fresh produce to rot and caused havoc with supply chains.
Before Abbott ended the inspections, following promises from Mexican states to examine trucks south of the border, Texas had already suffered some $4 billion in economic damage. Now, Texans are going to suffer billions more in economic losses due to Abbott’s, and the GOP’s foolishness.