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Cross-border freight brokers not panicking yet about Mexico tariffs

"Cross-border freight brokers are not panicking over President Trump’s announcement of tariffs on Mexican exports into the United States – yet." - According to article in http://freightwaves.com and its author John Paul Hampstead Hampstead also wrote - "Last week the White House said that it would levy tariffs of 5 percent on all Mexican goods entering the U.S. – worth nearly $400 billion annually – beginning on June 10, with the duty increasing by another 5 percent every month through October.

cheese smuggling

Trucker fined for trying to smuggle cheese into Canada

"A trucker must pay a fine of C$30,000 for attempting to smuggle nearly 8,800 pounds of cheese from the U.S. into Canada." - According to article in freightwaves.com and its author Nate Tabak "Haissam Azaar was fined the equivalent of $22,000 on May 9 after pleading guilty to the thwarted attempt to bring the eight skids of undeclared cheese through the Landsdowne, Ontario crossing, near northern New York. Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers found the cheese during a secondary inspecti