66% of logistics pros say talent quality — not cost — is the #1 factor in choosing a nearshore partner. Rapido's integration model explains why that's the right question to be asking.
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The U.S.-Mexico border faces severe delays amid migrant surges, leading to a logistics nightmare for freight and trade.
U.S. companies shifting manufacturing to Mexico are facing unexpected roadblocks. Delays at the border due to a surge in migrants and other disruptions are creating a big challenge for the transportation of goods, showing that bringing production closer to home has its own risks.
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The border disruptions underline the growing complexity and unpredictability of global supply chains, even as companies seek to mitigate these issues by moving production closer to home.
🇲🇽🇺🇸 High Level Economic Dialogue:
— Julián Ventura (@JulianVenturaV) October 2, 2023
“U.S.-Mexico total trade in goods and services surpassed $864 billion in 2022, an all-time high. Into 2023…Mexico has become the U.S.’s largest partner for total trade in goods.”👉https://t.co/47AUW8412m pic.twitter.com/vbVKZeTv6l
66% of logistics pros say talent quality — not cost — is the #1 factor in choosing a nearshore partner. Rapido's integration model explains why that's the right question to be asking.
Freight margins are razor-thin. The brokerages surviving it built nearshore teams that actually work.
Nearshoring works when teams stay. Explore how Rapido’s training-driven, people-first model creates long-term value for logistics operations.
Echo Global opens a Monterrey office as U.S.-Mexico trade rises 21% in 2025. The move strengthens cross-border logistics amid booming nearshoring and record foreign investment in Mexico.
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