Economics

Trump’s Border Threats Snarl Truck Traffic

  • Trucks stuck 10 hours more than usual at U.S.-Mexico frontier
  • Kudlow says worst-case border scenario ‘off the table’ for now

Photographer: Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images

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The southern border isn’t closed, but it’s already a mess for trucks hauling goods from Mexico to the U.S., snarling traffic at some of the busiest frontier crossings in the world.