Mission, Goals & Objectives

Our Mission
To address the issues that affect foreign trade in the Paso del Norte region by communicating with and educating the community, federal legislators, and the business community about the benefits of bilateral trade.

Goals
Since 1985, the El Paso Foreign Trade Association has focused on enhancing and advancing bilateral trade. The association’s membership includes maquiladora executives, and service industry leaders from both sides of the U.S. Mexico border. The experience and expertise of the organization’s membership, coupled with a commitment to regional development, distinguishes the Foreign Trade Association as an organization that gets things done.

Determination, action and networking have contributed to the organization’s reputation. The association has earned recognition and respect throughout the region and at state and national levels for objective analysis of border infrastructure, transportation, and economic planning issues.

Foreign Trade Association has emerged as one of the definitive sources for information concerning operating in Mexico. Their knowledge covers maquiladoras, industrial competitiveness, cross-border transportation, customs regulations, and ports of entry in the Paso del Norte region. The association networks with the Border Trade Alliance, the Southwestern Maquiladora Association, the Cd. Juarez Asociasion de Maquiladoras A.C. (AMAC). We work with and support other organizations in the communities along the 2,000-miles U.S.-Mexico border to provide a voice in the negotiations that affect them as well as bilateral trade.

Strategic Objectives

The Foreign Trade Association is a Texas non-profit association