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The Data
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The argument, made so you can scroll it. Data-driven op-eds and scrollytelling on trade, tariffs, USMCA, and the corridor, each built on original analysis.

Every piece pairs a clear thesis with the data behind it. The featured stories are interactive; all of them run on numbers you can check.

★ FeaturedMarch 2026
Four Apartments, Two Countries, and Fifty Years of Asking Why
What a tiny Belgian-Dutch town with 30 enclaves reveals about every border on earth, and why 50 years of border scholarship has never been more relevant.
30 enclaves · 50 years of ABS
Border StudiesABSUSMCA
Daniel CovarrubiasRead →
★ FeaturedMarch 2026
The Augmentation Gap
What 2 million AI conversations reveal about the future of work. 52% augmentation, 45% automation, and a strategy gap between what's possible and what organizations are doing.
2M conversations · 52% augmentation
AIFuture of WorkData Story
Daniel CovarrubiasRead →
★ FeaturedFebruary 2026
Building on Trade: Laredo's Billion-Dollar Industrial Moment
How trade momentum and over $1 billion in private capital transformed Laredo's industrial market from 36 million square feet to a projected 61 million.
61M SF · $1B+ invested
Regional AnalysisIndustrial
Daniel CovarrubiasRead →
February 2026
The Periodic Table of Power
Why the U.S.–Mexico Critical Minerals Deal could really be a technology sovereignty play, embedding the physical substrate of every exponential technology into USMCA.
60 minerals · $12B stockpile
Technology SovereigntyCritical Minerals
Daniel CovarrubiasRead →
December 2025
What 2025 Taught Me About North America's Future
How trade policy, AI governance, workforce transformation, energy infrastructure, and continental security became one conversation, and what 2026 will demand.
The Convergence
Year-EndUSMCAAI
Daniel CovarrubiasRead →
November 2025
USMCA 2.0: A Trilateral Framework
Security, technology, and industrial competitiveness ahead of the July 2026 review.
$1.6T trade · July 2026 review
The FrameworkUSMCA
Daniel CovarrubiasRead →
November 2025
Shared Security, Shared Prosperity
The path forward for North American trade: security and prosperity are inseparable.
Paradigm ShiftPolicy
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November 2025
Beyond the Gateway
Why Laredo's next chapter is distribution, not just transit. $339B in annual trade, 10,000 daily trucks.
$339B trade · 10K trucks/day
Regional AnalysisLogistics
Daniel Covarrubias & Gastón Cedillo-CamposRead →
August 2025
The Infinity Loop
How perpetual uncertainty became North America's new trade policy, with $127B in hidden costs.
$127B hidden cost
The ProblemScrollytelling
Daniel CovarrubiasRead →
February 2025
9.9 Million Jobs at Risk
The most comprehensive analysis of North American employment vulnerability to USMCA trade disruptions, state by state across the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.
9.9M jobs · 3 nations
Pillar PageEmploymentData
Daniel Covarrubias & Heleodoro LozanoRead →