Third Annual State of the Port of Eagle Pass Trade Summit to Be Held June 22, 2023
By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2023
The Third Annual State of the Port of Eagle Pass Trade Summit will be held on Thursday, June 22, 2023, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the City of Eagle Pass International Center for Trade, 3295 Bob Rogers Drive, in Eagle Pass, Texas, featuring Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson as the Distinguished Speaker of the trade summit, announced Homero Balderas, Eagle Pass International Bridge System Director.
The State of the Port of Eagle Pass Trade Summit has grown exponentially in just two short years and has become one of the most important trade conferences on the Texas-Mexico border.
The Third Annual State of the Port of Eagle Pass Trade Summit on June 22 has a dynamic list of key speakers presenting the latest trade figures and news concerning the current state of affairs and future international trade projections between Texas and Mexico, particularly through the Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico Port of Entry.
The keynote speaker of the Third Annual State of the Port of Eagle Pass Trade Summit is going to be Caroline Mays, Director of Planning and Model Programs at the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). Mays has spearheaded TxDOT’s international trade issues between Texas and Mexico.
A 2022 Trade in Review of the Eagle Pass Port of Entry and predictions for 2023 will be presented by Ken Roberts, President of WorldCity.
A panel discussion regarding Texas and Mexico international trade issues will feature presenters such as Lauren Garduno, Chief Executive Officer of Ports-to-Plains Corridor Council, Daniel Covarrubias, Ph. D., of Texas A & M International University, Camille R. Evans, Senior Analyst, U. S. Foreign Trade Zone Board, at the U. S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration.
The conclusory keynote presentation will be presented by Kenneth Smith Ramos, former Chief Negotiator for Mexico in the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA).
Welcoming and closing remarks will be presented by Homero Balderas, Eagle Pass International Bridge System Director.
A Networking Mixer will be held following the trade summit to allow attendees the opportunity to interact on a personal level.
Registration to the Third Annual State of the Port of Eagle Pass Trade Summit is open to the public with a registration fee by contacting Homero Balderas, Eagle Pass International Bridge System Director, at (830) 335-0202 or by email at: homero.balderas@eaglepasstx.us.
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