U. S. mexico canada trade agreement. Hosted by the Wilson Center, this is just under a half an hour. Good morning. So welcome to the Wilson Center. Were going to get started today. Im chris wilson. Im the Deputy Director of the Mexico Institute here and i lead our work on the u. S. mexico border among some other things. Were very pleased to be partnering with the Border Trade Alliance once again, our sixth annual u. S. mexico border conference. I say too often the mexico border, when viewed on the National News media is understood as a potential risk. Potential Entrance Point for a terrorist attack, thank goodness something thats never occurred, its a risk for drug trafficking, a risk for unauthorized immigration and it is, in a sense all of those things. It does represent some risks. The u. S. mexico border is an integral part of our Homeland Defense system along with intelligence work and International Partnerships and good policing across the country and plenty of other pieces of th
So welcome to the Wilson Center. Were going to get started today. Im chris wilson. Im the Deputy Director of the Mexico Institute here and i lead our work on the u. S. mexico border among some other things. Were very pleased to be partnering with the Border Trade Alliance once again, our sixth annual u. S. mexico border conference. I say too often the mexico border, when viewed on the National News media is understood as a potential risk. Potential Entrance Point for a terrorist attack, thank goodness something thats never occurred, its a risk for drug trafficking, a risk for unauthorized immigration and it is, in a sense all of those things. It does represent some risks. The u. S. mexico border is an integral part of our Homeland Defense system along with intelligence work and International Partnerships and good policing across the country and plenty of other pieces of that system but the border is so much more than that. The border represents an opportunity. All rig already the borde
U. S. mexico canada trade agreement. Hosted by the Wilson Center, this is just under a half an hour. Good morning. So welcome to the Wilson Center. Were going to get started today. Im chris wilson. Im the Deputy Director of the Mexico Institute here and i lead our work on the u. S. mexico border among some other things. Were very pleased to be partnering with the Border Trade Alliance once again, our sixth annual u. S. mexico border conference. I say too often the mexico border, when viewed on the National News media is understood as a potential risk. Potential Entrance Point for a terrorist attack, thank goodness something thats never occurred, its a risk for drug trafficking, a risk for unauthorized immigration and it is, in a sense all of those things. It does represent some risks. The u. S. mexico border is an integral part of our Homeland Defense system along with intelligence work and International Partnerships and good policing across the country and plenty of other pieces of th