The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America warned that closure of the U.S.-Mexico border would cause an “economic disaster.”

“Laredo [Texas] is the United States’ largest inland port and processes between 10,000 and 12,000 trailers daily,” said Jose Gonzalez, president of customs broker J.D. Gonzalez and a NCBFAA board member in a statement Friday. “Many of the largest importers use the Port of Laredo, so closing the border would have a big impact, both nationally and locally.”

NCBFAA President Amy Magnus added, “The NCBFAA believes that completely closing the southern border would create unthinkable disruption and chaos and would solve nothing.”

President Trump threatened in a Dec. 28 tweet to use the option of closing the border with Mexico if he does not secure the funding to complete the construction of a wall between the two countries...

This was excerpted from 4 January 2019 edition of American Shipper Digital Magazine.