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Martha McSally, November 2018.

McSally pushing North American trade deal

Senate Republicans claim the House is delaying a vote on the USMCA.
From left, trade representative in Mexico City José Andrés García, Arizona Trade and Investment Office in Mexico director Natalia Pérez and Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Glenn Hamer at an American Society of Mexico event.

Arizona Chamber President: USMCA will pass regardless of possible impeachment

The business group leader expects the new North American trade agreement to be ratified despite an inquiry into the president.
Fishing boats float on the Sea of Cortez outside the little town of San Felipe, Baja California, in October 2018.

Without government aid, fishermen in Mexico return to endangered porpoise habitat

Fishermen in the Sea of Cortez say they haven't received compensation like in previous years, so they're returning to the vaquita marina's waters for shrimp season.
Border patrol searches through tomatoes at port of entry.

Gov Ducey pushing for ratification of North American trade deal

The Arizona governor heads to Washington, D.C., to urge approval of the USMCA.
Mexican pesos in various denominations.

Mexico's economy registers no growth in second quarter

The slowing is due in part to declining foreign investment, an economist says.
Flags representing the United States and Mexico are bundled together decoratively.

Leaders from Arizona and Sonora meet to strengthen political and economic bonds

The officials discussed trade, tourism and development at the annual "megaregion" meeting.
Twenty-dollar bills.

Remittances to Mexico break monthly record In May

Mexicans abroad sent $3.2 million to their home country, 1.5% more than the previous year.
Border patrol searches through tomatoes at port of entry.

Mexican tomato imports still up after duties were imposed

Import weights in Nogales have increased year-over-year for two months in a row, though opponents warn higher prices are yet to come.
Sonora's Luis Gonzalez (left) hands a signed copy of a memorandum of understanding to Arizona's Matthew Earl Jones on the first day of meetings for the Arizona-Mexico Commission.

Arizona, Sonora ink nonbinding deal to draw more filmmakers

Officials hope the region will compete with other world film destinations.
Mexcio President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in Chiapas, Mexico.

Mexico invests in trees in El Salvador to fight migration crisis

The strategy involves creating new employment opportunities in Central American countries.
Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard spoke to reporters late Thursday afternoon after meetings with officials in the U.S. State Department in Washington.

In Mexico, exporters already adjusting to threats of US tariffs

Trump’s threats have changed the political agenda the country, where at least 85% of exports go to the U.S.
Trucks carrying cargo at the Mariposa Port of Entry on the border of Arizona and Sonora.

Poor Americans likely to be hit hardest by new US tariffs

Tariffs on Mexico would be especially tough on Arizona, an expected battleground state in 2020.
Bloomberg News reporter Eric Martin discusses key differences in the new NAFTA deal known as the United States Mexico Canada Agreement.

Where the Deal to Replace NAFTA Stands

A discussion with Bloomberg News reporter Eric Martin on the USMCA.
Border patrol searches through tomatoes at port of entry.

Tomato Agreement Changes Impact Arizona Distributors

New duties on imported tomatoes from Mexico kick in this month.
Juan Ciscomani talks about the Arizona-Mexico Commission's 60th Anniversary during a press conference in Hermosillo, Sonora, on April 29, 2019.

60 Years In, Arizona-Mexico Commission Celebrates Strong Ties Across the Border

Recent political tensions don't diminish the relationship between Arizona and Mexico, a commission official says.
Workers sort through tomatoes at a packing plant in southern Sonora, Mexico.

US-Mexico Tomato Import Negotiations Latest Row In Decades-Long Fight

Some U.S. growers see the billions of pounds of tomatoes imported from Mexico as an existential threat.

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