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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Brad Grantz, Republican Staff Director, Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Office of Senator Ted Cruz, spoke recently at a conference at the Wilson Center.

The one-day event was titled “Building a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border Conference.” It was co-sponsored by the Mexico Institute and the Border Trade Alliance. 

The focus of Grantz’s remarks was speeding up the process for building or expanding new international bridges on the Texas-Mexico border. 

Here are his remarks. 

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Joaquin Spamer is the Founder and President of CIL Group, whose companies include Commodities Integrated Logistics, SALSA, Bio Safe, CIL Capital, and CIL Fresh, among others. 

CIL Group’s expertise encompasses sectors like logistics, international trade, real estate, development, warehousing, commodities, and construction. 

Spamer actively contributes to the promotion and development of the Tamaulipas and South Texas region, holding advisory positions in the McAllen Economic Development Corporation and Rio Bank, and serving as the President of The Binational Council for Economic Development of Reynosa.

Last week, Spamer participated at a conference at the Wilson Center. The one-day event was titled “Building a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border Conference.” It was co-sponsored by the Mexico Institute and the Border Trade Alliance. The panel Spamer was on discussed “Cross-Border Commerce Before and After Covid-19.”

Here are all the comments Spamer made during the discussion.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - On August 10th and 11th the Border Trade Alliance sponsored a virtual two-day conference called Building a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border, hosted by the Mexico Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.

Each year the border conference brings together policymakers, business leaders, and local elected officials for a dialogue that focuses on improving border management to strengthen the competitiveness of both the United States and Mexico. 

This year's event placed specific emphasis on trade, travel and health as guest speakers considered how the border region will recover from the myriad impacts of COVID-19. 

The seventh annual-high level "Building a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border" conference hosted by the Mexico Institute and the Border Trade Alliance featured panel discussions with U.S. and Mexican public and private sector officials bringing sought-after perspectives to two days of discussion on border management.

To watch a video of the two days of discussions, click here.

Attached is the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service’s audio podcast of the event.

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