Rotting fruit, spoiled vegetables: How Texas just made the supply chain even worse
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A weeklong protest by Texas Governor Greg Abbott has resulted in hundreds of millions of lost dollars and caused delays in shipments of everything from avocados to car parts.
On Friday, Abbott reversed course on an order he put in place last week that required lengthier "enhanced safety inspections" of commercial vehicles entering Texas. The efforts, he said, were to help stop the flow of illegal contraband and human trafficking.
Abbott's move, which Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller criticized as "political theater," ultimately created a logjam of trucks between the US and its largest goods trading partner. Vegetable producers say their produce is spoiling in idling trucks and they are losing hundreds of millions of dollars.
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