The moment weve all been waiting for. Weve been talking about cbp and the Important Role that these important agencies play in creating a competitive u. S. mexico border. Were excited to have our guest speaker here today. Whether youre in the private sector, trade organization, if youre here, if you have anything to do with the border, you care very much about your on going relationship with cbp. Thats certainly the case for us at the Border Trade Alliance. Our relationship, our partnership, the communication is critical. Cbp ensures Border Security and the efficient movement of people and goods across our ports of entry. Were grateful for cbps work to reduce border wait times which is one of the most challenging barriers to trade. Today, yesterday and hopefully not tomorrow. Its my great pleasure to introduce john wagner, Deputy Executive Assistant Commission for the office of Field Operations at u. S. Customs and border protection. In 1991 he joined the Customs Service as a customs i
And ice and the Important Role that these important agencies play and making the Us Mexico Border a competitive usmexico border so we are excited to have our guest are here today. Whether youre in the private sector, trade organization , if youre here, if you have anything to do with the border, you care very much about your ongoing relationship with cbp but certainly the case for us as a border trade alliance, our relationship, our partnership, the communication is critical. As cbp ensures Border Security and the efficient movement of people across our ports of entry. Were grateful for cbps work to increase border wait times which is one of the most challenging barriers to trade. Today yesterday and hopefully not tomorrow. Its my great pleasure to introduce john wagner, hes debbie assessed and commissioner for the Field Operations at us customs and border protection. He began his federal lawenforcement career in 1991 when he joined the Us Customs Service as a customs inspector and wor
Aspects of security. Security at the ports of entry is just as important as security between the ports of entry. And, you know, since then weve seen efforts and i think trade community has responded. Congress has responded. Weve seen bills to add more officers. We need other resources at the border. I think at first the only resource were being drawn from southern ports of entry and our first point was what about the airports . What about the seaport . What about the northern ports . You cant pick just one area and say well thats the only area that will get hurt. So beyond that weve seen may 7th, tomato duties went into effect. Now duties on mexican tomatoes. When tariff threat came up, that would have equalled 25 tariffs, 3 billion in tariffs just on what we eat and that constitutes a food tax. In the meantime we had these issues. Thats a glimpse into what we see at the border but we cant stop and think that we cant move forward because theres a lot of things we can move forward on. I
All right. Welcome to another evening lecture with francis Tavern Museum. Remember, if you are joining us virtually if you have any questions during the lecture, you can submit those to the chat or the q a. I know last month there were some issues with the chat, so the q a is always open and you can let me know about issues there. As a reminder, we will be recording this lecture so it will be sent to everyone who registered. If you want to share it with someone or watch it again. Now the views of the speaker are their own and do not represent the views of sons of the revolution in the state of new york, inc, or its Fraunces Tavern museum. And let me introduce tonights speaker to you, dr. Keith beuttler is a professor of history at Missouri Baptist university and his specialty, the United States, founding era. Hes a former High School Teacher whose professional awards include the 2003 deans award for teaching excellence from the graduate school of arts and sciences at Washington Univers
I know last month there were some issues with the chat, so the q a is always open and you can let me know about issues there. As a reminder, we will be recording this lecture so it will be sent to everyone who registered. If you want to share it with someone or watch it again. Now the views of the speaker are their own and do not represent the views of sons of the revolution in the state of new york, inc, or its Fraunces Tavern museum. And let me introduce tonights speaker to you, dr. Keith beuttler is a professor of history at Missouri Baptist university and his specialty, the United States, founding era. Hes a former High School Teacher whose professional awards include the 2003 deans award for teaching excellence from the graduate school of arts and sciences at Washington University and 2009 Missouri Baptist university. Distinguished professor. He has been awarded Resident Research fellowships from numerous historical organizations, including the Gilder Lehrman institute of American