Border Dispatch: New Mexican President, New"Free Zone"at Border - a podcast by San Diego Union-Tribune

Mexico’s new, left-wing populist president is ringing in the new year with a dramatic economic plan for border communities aimed at attracting new investments and creating jobs that could potentially curb the influx of migrants into the United States.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced last Saturday what is called the Tax Incentive Decree for the Northern Border Region that will create a “free zone” along the border with the U.S that is 15.5 miles (25 kilometers) wide. It encompasses nearly 2,000 miles, all the way from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific coast.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/economy/sd-fi-mexico-freezone-20181231-story.html

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