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U.S., Mexico negotiating to set up customs port in Kansas City
KLTV News ^ | November 16, 2005 | n/a

Posted on 11/16/2005 4:53:04 PM PST by DumpsterDiver

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But the area will soon start building an inland port to whisk thousands of trucks through export inspections and back onto the North American Free Trade Agreement corridor.

Is this the corridor that has yet to be built?

1 posted on 11/16/2005 4:53:05 PM PST by DumpsterDiver
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To: DumpsterDiver

Gee! Drugs will get here faster this way.


2 posted on 11/16/2005 4:55:36 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: DumpsterDiver

Can we ship some of their "citizens" back faster, too?


3 posted on 11/16/2005 4:56:44 PM PST by Andy'smom
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To: DumpsterDiver

I think it is great.


4 posted on 11/16/2005 4:58:55 PM PST by Porterville (Pray for War- Spanish by birth, American by the Grace of God!!!)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

And maybe counterfeit cash for Arizona, too. I hear there is now a shortage. Here's the funny article about it:

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1115sting.html


5 posted on 11/16/2005 5:00:05 PM PST by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: Andy'smom
Can we ship some of their "citizens" back faster, too?

RED BALL EXPRESS.

No stops, no waiting.

LVM

6 posted on 11/16/2005 5:00:18 PM PST by LasVegasMac (HoOked on Fonics. Dun goOd For me?)
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To: DumpsterDiver

Kansas City? Nothing further from Mexico could be found?


7 posted on 11/16/2005 5:03:12 PM PST by RGSpincich
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To: Right Wing Assault
And maybe counterfeit cash for Arizona, too. I hear there is now a shortage. Here's the funny article about it

I love this part:

However, investigators did say an Avondale couple arrested in the scheme tripped up when they sent a printer, which was jammed with counterfeit bills, out for repair.

8 posted on 11/16/2005 5:05:52 PM PST by DumpsterDiver
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To: RGSpincich
Nothing further from Mexico could be found?

Quebec was number one on the list but they declined the offer. (They said two languages was more than enough, thank you.)

9 posted on 11/16/2005 5:08:47 PM PST by DumpsterDiver
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More dumb ass free trade deals with the racist nation that inundates us with their unwanted brown skinned citizens. Money driven. The big money guys and importers love this kind of nonsense where Kansas City has a customs office. How unique. How clever!


10 posted on 11/16/2005 5:13:11 PM PST by dennisw (You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you - Bob Dylan)
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To: DumpsterDiver

Wasn't Kansas City on the Santa Fe trail anyway i.e. the first U.S. Mexico trade route?


11 posted on 11/16/2005 5:14:48 PM PST by Clemenza (Ticking Away the Moments that Make up the Dog Day)
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Yeah, the counterfeiter probably woke up at 3 am and said, "Oh, $hit! I effed up!"

Then the doorbell rang. "Open up. Joe Arpaio here to see you."


12 posted on 11/16/2005 5:15:52 PM PST by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: DumpsterDiver
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13 posted on 11/16/2005 5:25:09 PM PST by joesnuffy
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Thanks, joe. I'll forward that petition information to friends.

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14 posted on 11/16/2005 5:56:30 PM PST by DumpsterDiver
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Shipping U-S vehicles and electronics to Mexico may become much cheaper and faster next year.

YEAH RIGHT!...this is made to ship our stuff 'TO MEXICO'...

Bwahahahahaha

15 posted on 11/16/2005 6:18:05 PM PST by joesnuffy
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Thanks, DD. Signed and forwarded to others who will definitely be interested.


16 posted on 11/16/2005 7:22:06 PM PST by janetgreen
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To: Willie Green; hedgetrimmer; A. Pole

ping


17 posted on 11/27/2005 7:46:56 PM PST by raybbr
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More info:

SmartPort elects officers for 2006
A transportation lawyer who has served as chairman of Kansas City SmartPort Inc. for the past year has been re-elected for a second term.

Ken Hoffman, lead transportation lawyer for Kansas City law firm Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP, will serve another year as chairman of Kansas City SmartPort, the organization said in a news release Wednesday.

The nonprofit economic development organization, financed by the transportation and logistics industry, works to promote Kansas City as a transportation hub and attract freight-based businesses to the area.


18 posted on 11/27/2005 8:47:35 PM PST by hedgetrimmer
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KC Hopes To Be Major Trade, Distribution Hub

Before the next Fourth of July, Kansas City expects to have a full-time port of entry operating -- a Mexican port entry.

KMBC's Micheal Mahoney reported that it will be the first in the nation and it is a sign that Kansas City is trying to become the trade and distribution center of North America.

Kansas City became a big city because it is centrally located, a jumping-off point to the trails of the West, then as a trade center for farms and cattle of the Midwest. But now, Kansas City wants to be the distribution and transportation center for North America, Mahoney said.

Look at a map and you will see that six major railroads intersect in the metro, along with three interstate highways, and there are more than a dozen sites with foreign trade-zone designations. Washington will add $4 million to track it all by computer.

"So we are the next coast. We have everything the port cities do," said Chris Gutierrez of KC Smartport.

"We also have one other thing they don't have: We have land," said Dr. James Daley, of Rockhurst University's School of Management.

The big problem with the docks on the coast, especially the West Coast, is that they are backing up. Freighters wait for days to dock, then cargo containers set unattended and are rarely inspected.

Here is where the "Kansas City Coast" comes in. Kansas City Southern's railroad line runs to the Mexican border. KC Southern bought the Mexican National Railroad, which ends at the Mexican port of Lazaro Cardenas. It is a $1.4-billion gamble by the railroad on Kansas City's future as a trade center.

"We certainly have bet the railroad on it. It's easy to see how you could start at the Mexican port and bring goods into the Heartland of America via the NAFTA corridor," KC Southern's Warren Erdman said.

It is an area running right up the railroad line and Interstate 35 through Kansas City to Canada. Some people believe it holds the potential to make Kansas City the North American trade center.

"And when you add the Mexican and Canadian populations, we become the economic center, if you will," Daley said.

Mahoney reported that it would help the region's already strong truck industry and attract more distribution centers and the $10.15-an-hour jobs that come with it. After products get to a distribution center, they are often finished off and then shipped out.

The Claycomo Ford Plant is already doing that at the new Interational Freight Gateway -- the old Richards-Gebaur Airport. The center ships Claycomo's Mazdas out on trains. That shipping advantage helps keep Claycomo competitive.

It is something that could also help what may be the area's only weak transportation link -- air freight, which is a critical factor in a just-in-time market.

"And if you're talking about sourcing or selling quickly outside the states, you're talking air cargo because of time sensitivity," Daley said.

Mahoney reported that this is not just a concept. Mazda's moving cars right now. By the summer, the Mexican government will be in Kansas City's West Bottoms. The city will spend $3 million to build a Mexican customs house on Liberty Street, clearing American goods, mainly grain exports headed south.

"The 21st century will have a different concept about borders that we have previously had," Mexican foreign minister Geronimo Gutierrez said.

But there are no sure shots. As protesters at the Latin America Trade Summit earlier this month proved, international trade can be volatile. Mahoney reported that critics continue to rip into the North American Free Trade Agreement for hurting American workers whose jobs go to Latin America.

If this is the success boosters want it to be, the roads will have many more trucks than they do now.

"It's the railroads and the trucking companies and the distribution companies that are paying for this initiative and trying to attract it because we're the logical place," Gutierrez said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/kmbc/20051116/lo_kmbc/3063290


19 posted on 11/27/2005 8:50:31 PM PST by hedgetrimmer
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More info:

Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Graves Announces Funding for
SmartPort International Processing Center

Funding to expand international trade and
improve Kansas City's regional economy

(Washington, D.C) U.S. Congressman Sam Graves announced that he has secured $750,000 in funding for the Kansas City SmartPort International Trade Processing Center in the H.R. 4818, the FY 2005 Omnibus spending bill passed by the House on Saturday, November 20th.

The Kansas City SmartPort International Trade Processing Center is a regional effort to implement, operate and market a bi-state, regional international trade processing system in greater Kansas City.

"This funding is critical for our region's economy," said Graves. "Our economy increasingly depends on opening foreign markets to products and services of Kansas City."

SmartPort would relieve congestion at America's borders and process trade shipments in the heart of the country. When in operation, the port will increase the Midwest's economic vitality by improving access to international markets and facilitate international trade.

"Kansas City SmartPort appreciates the continued support from Congressman Sam Graves," said Chris Gutierrez, President of KC SmartPort. "This funding will be used to develop pilot projects using new technology to allow freight shipments to move to, from and through Kansas City more efficiently, more secure and more profitable for area transportation companies and shippers."

Graves was successful in securing $500,000 in funding for SmartPort in the FY 2003 spending bill.


20 posted on 11/27/2005 8:51:41 PM PST by hedgetrimmer
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