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Kansas City - Mexico Trade

By Sylvia Maria Gross

Kansas City, MO – President George W Bush hosts the leaders of Mexico and Canada tomorrow to discuss further integrating North America's economy, which has been losing ground to Asian manufacturers. To ease congestion at the border, Mexico hopes to open its first foreign-based customs facility smack in the middle of the continent-- in Kansas City. KCUR's Sylvia Maria Gross spoke to Mexican and Kansas City officials who are promoting the city's role in facilitating international trade

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