Trans Texas Corridor: NAFTA Fasta

In light of the April 4 release of a map for the proposed Trans-Texas Corridor, it might be worthwhile to re-consider Richard D. Vogel’s February analysis in Monthly Review that the larger strategy at work is a plan to re-route Asian container traffic through the ports of Mexico (to reduce labor costs of course).

Sparked by organized resistance and wildcat actions by workers against falling wages and deteriorating working conditions at America’s ports and on the nation’s highways, the flow of container traffic is being shifted to a south-north orientation. By leveraging both the U.S. and Mexican governments and taking advantage of the terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), big capital is developing container terminals in Mexico and using that country as a land bridge and labor pool to deliver shipping containers to destinations in the United States at discount prices.