By Jolanda Prozzi and Juan Villa If this year’s holiday shopping season has you feeling a bit more anxious than most in recent memory, you may find consolation in knowing that your angst is likely not a product of your imagination. You can blame the same supply chain woes that have plagued us since the […]
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TTI Signs Memorandum of Agreement with Texas A&M International University
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) recently signed a five-year memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Texas A&M International University (TAMIU). The MOA was signed by TTI Agency Director Greg Winfree and TAMIU President Pablo Arenaz, facilitating cooperation between TTI and TAMIU’s A.R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business’ Texas Center for Border Economic and Enterprise Development […]
TTI’s Villa Publishes Book on North American and European Trade and Transportation
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Research Scientist Juan Carlos Villa published International Trade and Transportation Infrastructure Development: Experiences in North America and Europe (1st edition) Apr. 24, 2020, on Elsevier’s publisher platform. Villa is a co-author with Maria Boile, director of the Hellenic Institute of Transport, part of the Center for Research and Technology Hellas, […]
New Center of Excellence Focuses on Borders, Trade and Immigration Research
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) created the Centers of Excellence (COEs) to develop multidisciplinary, customer-driven, homeland security science and technology solutions and help train the next generation of homeland security experts. The University of Houston (UH) recently was awarded the Center for Borders, Trade, and Immigration Research (CBTIR). The […]
Villa Appointed to Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Program Manager Juan Villa was recently appointed to the International Trade Administration’s Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness. The committee was established in 2011 to provide the Secretary of Commerce with detailed advice on the elements of a comprehensive national freight infrastructure and freight policy to support U.S. supply chain […]
Villa Presents on Trade Growth, Border Issues at NAFTANEXT Summit
On January 1, 1994, a landmark free-trade agreement known as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the United States, Canada and Mexico took effect. One of the main objectives of the free-trade agreement was to eliminate tariff barriers, as well as non-tariff barriers, on goods and services within 15 years. NAFTA created the […]
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