As President Trump repeated threats to close the U.S. border with Mexico, truckers are forced to sit in up to 12 hours of gridlock trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday reiterated his threat to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border, insisting that any economic damage from the move would be overshadowed by the benefits of greater security.
"All you hear me talking about is trade, but let me just give you a little secret," Trump continued."Security is more important to me than trade. So we're going to have a slower border or a closed border." Neil Bradley, chief policy officer at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, went a step further, warning in a statement Monday that"even threatening to close the border to legitimate commerce and travel creates a degree of economic uncertainty that risks compromising the very gains in growth and productivity that policies of the Trump Administration have helped achieve."
Among them, Kudlow said, was the possibility of allowing trucks carrying freight to cross the border even if it were sealed. He cautioned that the president has not made any final decisions. "The question is: Can we deal with that, and not have economic damage? And I think the answer is: We can, and people are looking at different options," he said."Particularly if you can keep those freight lanes, truck lanes, open, that's probably the nub of it."
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