Most US logistics pros talk about Mexico constantly. Nearshoring. Cross-border. USMCA. Driver capacity. It’s in every forecast, every conference panel, every freight brokerage pitch deck right now.
Most have never been.
I just got back from 8 days in Mexico City. Four of them hosting the main stage at The Logistics World Summit and Expo. Four of them wandering Roma Norte with my husband Badr, eating tacos, and catching a Lucha Libre match. What I saw on the conference floor and in the streets gave me a different read on this industry’s relationship with Mexico than any analyst report has.
This episode is that read.
In this episode:
• The 26,583-person conference most US freight pros have never heard of
• Why the “driver shortage” myth is spreading south of the border
• A transport vehicle stolen every 38 minutes in Mexico, and what that does to recruitment
• The July 1, 2026 USMCA deadline and what’s actually on the table
• How Mexico’s National Museum of Anthropology got built in 19 months (Egypt’s took 20 years)
• Cacao beans, Jade, and why supply chain anthropology is the lens this industry needs
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Hot air balloon over Teotihuacan
1:30 Why you’ve never heard of The Logistics World Summit
4:45 What the locals told us about Mexico City safety
15:00 The mall nostalgia nobody warned me about
25:00 Driver shortage or driver retention? Same myth, both countries
36:43 $2,300 a month vs $100,000 a year: the arbitrage problem
39:00 Cargo crime stats Mexican carriers actually deal with
42:00 USMCA July 2026: what’s at stake
50:00 How they moved a 168-ton monolith with 25,000 people watching
56:00 Supply chain anthropology and why it matters
1:03:00 Go to TLW. Seriously.
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