Comment from Tiffany Melvin, North America's Corridor Coalition, Inc. (NASCO)

Given the importance of the United States’ trading relationships with our neighboring countries, North America’s Corridor Coalition, Inc. (NASCO) supports the inclusion of Mexico in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement. Since 1994, NASCO members have been leaders at the forefront of uniting public and private sectors to address critical national and international trade, transportation, security and environmental issues. Spanning almost 2,500 hundred miles through the central United States, eastern and central Canada, and deep into Mexico, the NASCO trade network is a multi-modal transportation system that connects 71 million people and supports a large part of $1 trillion dollars in total commerce between the three nations. NASCO members include cities, counties, states, provinces and private sector representatives along the Corridor in the United States, Canada and Mexico dedicated to maximizing the efficiency and security of existing trade and transportation infrastructure, creating a skilled workforce and improving the environment.