Mexico's border open for
trade
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| US - Mexican border as seen from Tijuana (AFP) |
Mexico`s Foreign Minister announces tourists are banned from
crossing the shared border with the United States, but there`s an agreement
that trade, commerce and medical trips will continue.
By James Blears
Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard made this
announcement, following talks with his US counterpart Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo.
Mexico gains one billion dollars daily from cross border
trade with the United States, plus spin-offs via the busiest national crossing
point in the World. A total hermetically sealed closure would have been
economically catastrophic, especially as Mexico`s Peso is already in freefall,
trading at almost twenty-five to the dollar, having lost virtually ten per
cent of its value in as many days.
Ebrard explains that tourism and recreation is now
restricted and Pompeo concurs: "Together we can reduce public health risks
and prioritize essential cross border commerce and trade." And
basically, a similar compromise policy now applies to Canada.
The new strictures rather than restrictions came into
force at one minute past midnight. So the Border is still porous, albeit
it for financial and medical factors. However, Spring break which
annually sees tens of thousands of US and other citizens flocking
to Cancun and the Maya Rivera is gone for this year.
But perhaps not the next?
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