Companies in sprint to ship goods from Mexico before tariffs

Companies have been rushing to ship as many goods as possible out of Mexico to get ahead of possible tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump, hurriedly sending cars, appliances and construction materials across the border to beat Monday's deadline.

Mexican-made tiles are piled up on the pavement next to a warehouse in New Mexico. A furniture factory and a jalapeno exporter are fretting about a huge financial hit next week. Hundreds of semi-trailers idled in line Friday at the truck crossing in Tijuana, carrying medical devices and Toyota cars and trucks bound for the U.S.

"You see these supply chain managers on a tear, just bringing stuff in as fast as they can," said Jerry Pacheco, president of the Border Industrial Association in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.

"Almost every major supply chain manager who is bringing stuff from Mexico is scrambling to get their stuff across the border as quickly as possible."
"There's so much uncertainty. Not even the secretary of the economy can tell us what the future holds," she said. "It's totally absurd."