Texas loses railway project worth billions after Abbott slowed down trade with border inspections – By Ariana Garcia (Houston Chronicle) / May 2, 2022
The T-MEC corridor will bypass Texas and go through New Mexico instead, according to a top Mexican official.
Texas is losing out on a major trade railway worth billions of dollars in response to Gov. Greg Abbott’s recently rescinded enhanced safety inspections for commercial trucks entering the state through Mexico.
Mexican Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier said the railway, known as the T-MEC Corridor — which will connect the Mexican port of Mazatlán to the Canadian city of Winnipeg — will now bypass the Lone Star State and go through New Mexico instead, according to the Dallas Morning News.
“We’re now not going to use Texas,” Clouthier said at news conference on April 28. “We can’t leave all the eggs in one basket and be hostages to someone who wants to use trade as a political tool.”
