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HIGH LEVEL ECONOMIC DIALOGUE - INITIATIVE FACT SHEETS
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The Border: Fact Sheet |
Our Shared Border
Enhancing the competitiveness of the U.S.-Mexico border region is a key goal of the HLED. Our governments have agreed to focus not only on the infrastructure and the facilitation of trade and legitimate travel, but also include addressing social, economic, and environmental measures to enhance the overall development of the region. We have a number of bilateral conversations, such as the 21st Century Border Management Initiative, that group together many of the decision-makers on border issues. These processes feed into the HLED.
Reducing Wait Times, Facilitating Flows
The HLED set ambitious goals to make our shared border more efficient, therefore facilitating the passage of goods and people across our two countries. We identified priority infrastructure projects and have made important strides in removing bottlenecks. For example, additional lane openings in San Ysidro (between San Diego and Tijuana), the busiest land crossing in the world, reduced wait times from three hours to 30 minutes. In Nogales, Arizona we doubled inspection capacity at the primary entry point of Mexican produce into the United States. We are expediting the movement of goods and expanding supply chain security through a new mutual recognition arrangement between our “trusted trader” programs, “C-TPAT” in the United States and “NEEC” in Mexico. We have increased cooperation to more efficiently manage our telecommunications systems along the border, supporting both nations’ goals of accelerating mobile broadband services. We have also completed five out of six border master plans, bilateral plans which guide the development of key areas along the border.
Our Goals
Within the HLED, we are committed to continuing efforts to modernize our shared border. For example, we have pledged to better coordinate and expedite the implementation of ports of entry construction programs, and to identify binational mechanisms so that their planning and construction coincide, when feasible.
Our governments have committed to making efficient use of the North American Development Bank (NADBank) through the promotion of renewable energy programs, power grid connectivity, water treatment in the border region, and to assess NADBank's long-term capital needs.
With the HLED, we prosper together.
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