Transcript: How Shippers Are Responding to US-Mexico Trade Boom

US imports from Mexico are surging. Trump’s tariffs on China as well as the renegotiated USMCA have encouraged supply chains to move to North America. Then COVID hit and that re-energized interest in “nearshoring” or “friendshoring” as an alternative to China. So how much further can US-Mexico trade go? What kinds of goods are being imported from Mexico? And how is the trade boom interacting with Mexico’s shaky security situation? On this episode we speak with Matt Silver, the CEO and co-founder of Cargado, which is building technology to facilitate cross-border freight. Silver, a former freight broker with a long history ...