MCALLEN, Texas - Trade expert and regular Rio Grande Guardian International News Service columnist Daniel Covarrubias is slated to give a major speech about tariffs in McAllen on Wednesday.
The director of the Center for Border Enterprise and Economic Development at Texas A&M International University will deliver a presentation titled “Thirty Years of Integration at a Crossroads: Workforce Impact and North America’s Competitive Future.”
The event takes plans at the Cambria Hotel McAllen Convention Center on Wednesday, March 26, starting at 5:00 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres is at 4:30 p.m.
The event is being sponsored by the Council for South Texas Economic Progress.
“Explore how proposed tariffs could impact over 4.3 million jobs across 15 key manufacturing and agricultural states while placing this workforce vulnerability within the broader context of 30 years of regional economic development,” a COSTEP flyer for the event stated.
Covarrubias has written and spoken about the potential impact of tariffs in-depth in the Guardian.
“First, the mere threat of tariffs imposes actual economic costs through business uncertainty,” Covarrubias wrote.
“Second, these uncertainty costs often exceed traditional policy estimates because they trigger inefficient adaptations across entire supply chains.
“Third, the impact is already manifesting in measurable ways across the North American economy, from increased inventory holdings to investment delays.”
Editor’s Note: Click here to watch a Guardian video interview with Covarrubias about tariffs.
Editor’s Note: Click here to watch a Guardian video interview with Covarrubias about his book, “Navigating the New Era of US-Mexico Trade – Infrastructure, Technology and the Future of Cross Border Trade,” which came out late last year.
