Center for Border Economic Development


 

The Center for Border Economic Development (C-BED) is in a unique position to marshal resources from across New Mexico State University (NMSU) to promote business expansion and economic development in communities along the U.S.-Mexico border. An important collaborator in our efforts is Arrowhead Center. Our mission and that of Arrowhead complement each other and this has resulted in a productive partnership.
C-BED seeks to complement existing development efforts along the border by working closely with businesses, governments, NGOs, and other border stakeholders to identify impediments to economic development and to propose solutions to overcome those impediments. Many of the studies conducted since C-BED's founding in 2021 involve economic impact and infrastructure projects including a study for the Border Task Force on the Paso del Norte Region, and an economic impact study of the Santa Teresa Port of Entry and Santa Teresa industrial parks.

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Will Eliminating Regulatory Agencies Benefit Mexicans?

 

Mexico’s Senate on Nov. 29 approved a measure that would eliminate seven independent regulatory and oversight agencies as part of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s austerity strategy. The plan, which a majority of state legislatures ratified days later, does away with the independent body that handles freedom of information requests and places the autonomous antitrust watchdog Cofece under the economy ministry’s supervision. What are the main reasons for the agencies’ elimination, and what does it entail for the Mexican government? To what extent would it hinder citizens’ access to accountability and transparency from government officials? How might these changes affect foreign investment?

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Trump's call for up to 100% tariffs on Mexico would hike US prices, experts say.

 

Arizona is Mexico’s No. 1 trading partner and vice versa. The same goes for the U.S. as a whole — it’s Mexico’s top trading partner and Mexico is its top trading partner. That’s why consumers and producers of produce and other goods on both sides of the border have a lot to lose in the form of higher prices and diminished employment if an 11th hour, pre-election threat by President elect Donald Trump to impose stiff tariffs on all Mexican imports becomes reality once he’s in the White House, economists and other experts say.

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