Rep. Joe Barton, R-Arlington, announced today that he had a “yellow light” from Republican leadership to push his effort to lift the 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports. Barton said his bill has “an excellent chance to get…passed through the House sometime this year,” though Republican leadership hasn’t committed to a “green light” — giving the measure a floor vote. To get one, Barton and Rep. Henry Cuellar of Laredo, the bill’s Democratic co-sponsor, must conduct an outreach campaign with thei... Read more

Pressure is mounting on the Obama administration to authorize oil exports to Mexico and put the United States' southern neighbor on the same legal footing as Canada. Texas Democratic Reps. Joaquin Castro and Henry Cuellar are among the latest to advocate the move, which would deepen the United States' business and trade relationship with Mexico, while providing another outlet for the light crude surging out of wells in the Lone Star State. Though it falls far short of domestic oil producers' cal... Read more

Looking out from the sliver of Texas that he represents, running from San Antonio to Laredo and the Mexican border, Henry Cuellar has no doubt about where the economic opportunity lies. “The world is getting more interconnected and 95 per cent of the global economy is outside our borders,” the congressman says. And for the US economy, and Texas, that means that trade is becoming ever more important — and that supporting a massive Pacific Rim trade agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which ... Read more

In a logical world, President Obama's bid to negotiate a massive trade agreement with 11 Pacific Rim partners would find warm welcome in a Congress dominated by conservatives who, traditionally, embrace free trade in most forms. But a measure giving Obama authority to hammer out such a deal is blowing up normal alliances on Capitol Hill — including within the Texas delegation — and making for strange bedfellows. How strange? U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and Wisconsin U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan are with the pres... Read more

A bill to end the ban on crude oil exports, which was originally introduced earlier this year by Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), continues to gain supporters. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) signed on as a co-sponsor Thursday morning making the legislative effort bipartisan. Rep. Barton issued the following statement after speaking to Rep. Cuellar: “I am excited to have Congressman Cuellar co-sponsor HR 702. This common-sense, straight forward and now bipartisan bill simply repeals the authority to restrict t... Read more

Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) today released the following statement after co-sponsoring the bipartisan, bicameral Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), introduced by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) last week. The legislation would establish rules for international trade negotiations that will boost exports and grow the American and Texas economies. Cuellar was the first Democrat to for... Read more

Congressman Henry Cuellar issued the following statement following the introduction of a bipartisan, bicameral Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, Ranking Member Ron Wyden and House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan. The legislation would establish rules for international trade negotiations that will boost exports and grow the American and Texas economies. “The advancement of new trade policies will expand opportunities for American businesses and w... Read more

Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) today issued the following statement following the introduction of a bipartisan, bicameral Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.). The legislation would establish rules for international trade negotiations that will boost exports and grow the American and Texas economies. “The advancement of new trade policies will expand op... Read more

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Actualizan aduanales en leyes de comercio Con educación y coordinación con las autoridades aduaneras, los miembros de la Asociación de Agentes Aduanales de Laredo se preparan para competir Por: FRANCISCO DÍAZ LAREDO, TX.- Con educación y coordinación con las autoridades aduaneras, los miembros de la Asociación de Agentes Aduanales de Laredo se preparan para competir como puerto de comercio internacional con otras fronteras. “Actualizarnos sobre las leyes relacionadas con el comercio de carga y m... Read more