TAMIU Hosts Dominican Republic Dignitaries Visiting Port of Laredo to Study Effective Cross-Border Operation Practices
Written by Post Public Information Representative, Oct 1, 2021, 0 Comments
Courtesy Mika S. Akikuni,
(Laredo, Texas)-Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) today hosted a delegation of government representatives from the Dominican Republic who visited the Port of Laredo to study effective cross-border operation practices at the Port of Laredo, the largest inland port in the Western Hemisphere.
The delegation’s visit was part of an agreement TAMIU signed with the Dominican Republic Foreign Ministry in 2019, identifying TAMIU as the technical advisor collaborating in the development of a border master plan for the Dominican Republic.
The visit consisted of a week of presentations by border operations experts and field trips by the delegation to Laredo’s ports, concluding at a breakfast with TAMIU President Dr. Pablo Arenaz.
María Eugenia Calderón-Porter, TAMIU assistant vice president for Global Initiatives, said that the Dominican Republic is in the process of becoming a digital government and emissaries from the Dominican Republic President’s Office visited Laredo and TAMIU to witness all digital international trade transactions at the Port of Laredo.
