Reversal of Fortune? Mexico Concerned with Migration from the North

Mexicans are concerned about their northern border and the possibility of Americans coming in with COVID-19.  Andy Uhler reports for Marketplace that: “Mexico’s deputy health minister says he’s worried about people coming into Mexico from the United States. The U.S. has far more cases of COVID-19 than Mexico. The Mexican government even said it might consider restricting access at its northern borders.”

For companies that do businesses on both sides of the border, any restrictions would pose a major challenge. Two-thirds of exports from Mexico are bound for the U.S., which is why the CEO of Hessen Group, a supply chain company with operations on both sides of the border, “says before anyone considers closing the border, President Donald Trump and Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, should discuss a coordinated response to the virus.”

KJ