Mexico moving trade to New Mexico

[Sean Renaud]

Remember when Governor Abbot decided it was a good idea to increase security on trucks coming in from Mexico and causing massive slow downs? Well it turns out Mexico doesn't like being held hostage and intends to permanently move all trade from Texas to New Mexico as a result. You can't make this kind of shit up. I really hope the citizens of Texas remember who screwed over God only knows how many businesses.

https://www.nationalreview.com/news...w-mexico-over-abbotts-enhanced-border-checks/

I think this might be the highest example I've seen of 'fuck around and find out' I've seen.

 

[ll74]

As long as they pay for the wall.....

 

[LukSkyFokker]

As long as they pay for the wall.....

45 invoiced them and has them on net 30 in QuickBooks. He must not be getting the pop-up payment reminders.

 

[Philthy_Phil]

Everything's dumber in texas.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

Jesse Pinkman will have something to say about that. RIP Walter White.

 

[Wrong Element]

New Mexico is farther away from the population centers of the East and Midwest, so I tend to doubt this is a permanent move.

Abbott pulls these sorts of stunts because he doesn't worry about the voters.

 

[anarchoMando]

Ha served them right

 

[phrodeau]

New Mexico is farther away from the population centers of the East and Midwest, so I tend to doubt this is a permanent move.

Abbott pulls these sorts of stunts because he doesn't worry about the voters.

The T-MEC Corridor will be a railway line for freight between Mexico and Canada, so it’s kind of permanent.

It’s reported that some truckers are choosing to cross in New Mexico to dodge Texas’ inspections, but that happens when there’s road construction or bad weather too.

 

[pecksniff]

Abbott pulls these sorts of stunts because he doesn't worry about the voters.

Why wouldn't he? The voters can turn him out.

 

[Chobham]

This announcement falls into the category of political gamesmenship as opposed to something approaching reality.

The UP Santa Teresa intermodal terminal has been in operation since 2014. It services the traffic coming out of Western Mexico and was built specifically for that purpose. The Texas intermodal facilities are way down in SE Texas, one at the border near Matamoros and another at San Antonio.

The distance between Matamoros and Juarez is over 1300 miles IF you enter through Texas and get on I-10. If you divert through the Mexican infrastructure the distance is over 2,000 miles. Given the cost of deisel today (or any other day for that matter) any inconvenience at the border is trivial compared to the economic cost of diverting.

To facilitate this border crossing movement Mexico will have to invest a considerable amount of money into their road infrastucture although the distance involved is on the order of 30 miles, the alternate roads are poor and won't stand up to the heavy vehicle traffic. The trucks shown lined up in the article are destined for Santa Teresa anyway so not much changes in that regard. Customs and Border Patrol will have to beef up their staffing at the PoE in New Mexico but those folks will still live in El Paso. The same with the freight jobbers.

The bottom line is this isn't going to cost Texas much of anything and in a strange way will actually save the state money by allowing them to reduce staffing at the El Paso PoE. (And no, those folks won't lose their jobs, they'll just be transferred somewhere else.)

 

[LukSkyFokker]

The bottom line is this isn't going to cost Texas much of anything and in a strange way will actually save the state money by allowing them to reduce staffing at the El Paso PoE. (And no, those folks won't lose their jobs, they'll just be transferred somewhere else.)

Will they use that dollar surplus to repay the companies that lost billions due to Abbott's dumbass, Ishtard?

 

[pecksniff]

As between Texas and New Mexico, there's really only one question that matters: Who makes better chili?

 

[Sean Renaud]

Probably Texas but I can take that hit.

Is it just me or are Republicans literally spending 2022 playing a combination of 'Play stupid games, get stupid prizes' and 'fuck around and find out'? I'd love to see how the Florida Disney thing plays out.

 

[Chobham]

Will they use that dollar surplus to repay the companies that lost billions due to Abbott's dumbass, Ishtard?

No they won't you ignorant, mealy mouthed motherfucker.

 

[YDB95]

Probably Texas but I can take that hit.

Is it just me or are Republicans literally spending 2022 playing a combination of 'Play stupid games, get stupid prizes' and 'fuck around and find out'?

It's what they always do when they've got any power at all. The only difference now is that they're doing it when nominally they're out of power. I think it's a case of "don't count your chickens before they hatch".

 

[LukSkyFokker]

No they won't you ignorant, mealy mouthed motherfucker.

Why wouldn't they? I mean, I know Texans are stupid but that means they'll be fucking over Texas businesses two times, drunkard.

 

[Chernosoth]

Rising diesel prices will reduce international trade. What's left of American oil is lighter grades without diesel. And climate change is starting to depopulate the west. There won't be much traffic through empty deserts.

 

[pecksniff]

And climate change is starting to depopulate the west.

Had not heard that. Cite?