Laredo-based banking executive Gerald Schwebel played a role in shaping NAFTA in the 1990s and its replacement 25 years later.
the COVID-19 pandemic-battered supply chains that run across the Rio Grande. He holds leadership positions in private sector groups at the state and national levels, including with the U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce.
“You know, Mexico is Texas’ No. 1 trading partner, and we’ve got to protect that. But we need to have the adequate infrastructure, business environment, connectivity over highways and roads, to provide the flow of those goods and services,” he said. “Our bank has been there. We’ve played a leadership role, being involved at the national level, at the state level, at the local level.”
Q: The border and border policy have become so politicized. What kinds of misconceptions do people have?There’re several. It’s hard for someone from outside of the border to really understand what life is on the border. Sometimes, people from outside talk about the border as if it was a different planet. It’s a unique and wonderful experience, having a bicultural experience, a bilingual experience.Absolutely.
The logistics, the movement of those goods, small and medium enterprises. They’re the nuts and bolts of the supply chain. The way I like to say it is if you see it, if you touch it, if you eat it, if you smell it, it got there on a truck, a train or a plane. It became more evident during the pandemic, the importance of the supply chain. People didn’t know what “supply chain” meant until they stopped receiving their Amazon package on time.
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