For Laredo, Texas, a city of 260,000 people, Trump’s eruptions on Mexico set in motion changes that can’t be easily undone.
An overpass carries trucks to and from the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas. That bridge and Colombia Solidarity Bridge carry about 12,000 trucks across the border each day.
Last week, Gonzalez fielded dozens of calls from factories and made arrangements to handle orders that were quickly doubled to beat upcoming levies. After Trump lifted his threat Friday night, companies frantically messaged again to resume their regular delivery pace. This week, he was still dealing with a crunch of resources and space, finding that for every truck in Laredo, there were about two loads that needed to be moved to their final destinations.
The effects of Trump’s threat are already being felt, tariffs or no. At the World Trade and Colombia Solidarity bridges, which carry about 12,000 trucks across the border each day, wait time Monday was still higher than usual because of the increased orders to beat the tariffs. “We’re still beyond full capacity,” Gaytan said Monday. “Everything gets impacted by the tariffs if they ever go in. Everything goes through Laredo. Everybody’s going to feel the effects of it.”
“When we’re taxing things at the border, we’re actually taxing U.S. goods,” said Katheryn Russ, an associate economics professor at UC Davis. “Consumers may not notice, but it will filter down.” Some of his clients were resigned last week to absorbing the 5% tariff hit, while others were opting to freeze their goods or looking at selling to Canada instead of the U.S., he said.
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