San Diego and Baja California Business Leaders and elected officials are on a lobbying mission in Washington, DC, this week while prices have repercussions in the cross -border economy.
A coalition of more than 140 people, organized by the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, will meet dozens of federal officials to talk about concerns about prices, financing reductions and other Trump administration trade policies.
The American and world markets fell sharply on Monday following new prices imposed by President Donald Trump last week. Some San Diego companies have expressed their concern that prices could affect their operations. Monday marked the third consecutive day of market disorders.
“Washington’s decisions, DC, make Will, and have deep effects on the regional economy of San Diego,” said the member of the San Diego Marni von Wilpert council at a press conference on Monday morning from the Capitol. “We are not going to remain inactive. We will make sure that San Diego has a voice here. ”
The president said that prices are necessary to resume American manufacturing and cancel commercial imbalances. He told X early on Monday that “the United States long-cut down the billions of dollars per week, countries abused on prices that are already in place.”
Chamber officials highlighted the importance of the binational economy, which is probably strongly affected by prices, in particular the automotive and manufacturing sectors of Mexico. The room made this trip to the Capitol for 17 consecutive years (virtual during the pandemic), but this mission represents the largest number of participating Mexican officials.
The Mexican leaders of the trip are the mayor of Tecate Roman Cota, the deputy of Baja California Ana Santana and the members of the Council of Tijuana Gina Araba, Herberto Ramirez, Melissa Pacheco, Michel Garcia, Monica Padilla and Pablo Yañez.
“We have a great task before us,” said Santana at the press conference. “There is a lot of uncertainty. In these meetings, we have to make a (case) strong for tools and infrastructure for Maquiladoras (Mexican factories) as a region, not as a country, not as a state, but as one region. “
Some of the biggest names with which the coalition will meet are Pete Flores, acting customs commissioner and protection of American borders; California senator Adam Schiff; Trevor Kellogg, under-secretary of the Commercial Department; Brenda Johnson-Turner, Deputy Secretary of the Navy; And Sara Yun, Director of the Bureau of Energy Resources.
House spokesperson Hayley Marting said the coalition had not asked a meeting directly with Trump, preferring to meet many different agencies during the three-day trip. She said that thought was that the oval office would hear multiple sources on their concerns.
The mayor of National City, Ron Morrison, at the Capitol of the Coalition, said that decisions made to more than 2,600 miles have a deep impact. It is important, he said, that the leaders of the County of San Diego continue to introduce themselves to Washington, DC, Eve after this trip.
“It is of vital importance to have as much interaction in front of a direct face as possible to be up to date and be correctly able to represent the needs of our region,” he said.
In addition to the prices, the leaders also share concerns about the financing reductions of the National Institutes of Health, which could affect research subsidies in the universities of San Diego, the sewage problems in progress in Baja in California, preparation for catastrophes, health care, infrastructure, improvements in the port of Otay Mesa, housing programs and the tourism industry.
Other groups of local companies, not to the Coalition DC, also try to fold the ear of federal officials. Tech San Diego, a commercial group of the technological industry, sent a letter to representatives of the County Congress expressing the prices on Monday. Some of its members include Qualcomm, Dexcom, Cooley, Qlik, Procopio and Semantis Ai.
“These new prices will have a disproportionate impact in the San Diego regional innovation economy, an economy fueled by highly skilled and highly skilled and salary workforce,” said Kevin Carroll, Executive Director of Tech San Diego. “Many of our members are counting on complex global supply chains for critical components and materials, and these additional costs will stifle investments in research, development and hiring. They will create uncertainty at a time when long -term planning and stability are more critical than ever. ”
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California Daily Newspapers
