The Frameworks

The terms I had to coin.

When the existing vocabulary hides what's happening, I coin a term and define it in one sentence. These are the frameworks behind the work, defined the way I use them.

Logistechs

The impact that exponential technologies have on logistics. Transport, handling, and customs clearance, from AI and IoT to robotics and blockchain.

Coined by Daniel · The TAMIU Logistechs Living Lab is named for it
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USMCA 2.0

USMCA transformed from a traditional trade agreement into an integration framework built on security cooperation, technological advancement, and coordinated industrial policy.

The 2026 Joint Review is the decision point
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The Binational Customs Agency

A unified U.S.–Mexico customs operations framework that separates border security enforcement from commercial facilitation, preserving sovereignty and removing the digital wall.

White paper with Amb. Gerónimo Gutiérrez Fernández · Part of the USMCA 2.0 framework
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The North American Industrial Coordination Council

A trilateral institution that aligns industrial policy, workforce development, and innovation strategy across the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.

Co-developed with Gerry Schwebel · Part of the USMCA 2.0 framework
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NADICI

Shared standards for cybersecurity, data governance, and AI-enabled trade interoperability: the digital backbone of North American integration.

The North American Digital Infrastructure Coordination Initiative · Part of the USMCA 2.0 framework
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The Precarity Premium

The hidden tax that trade-policy uncertainty imposes on all three USMCA economies: working capital parked in defensive inventory, delayed expansions, and price increases no tariff statistic records.

Policy uncertainty peaked above 400 points in 2025, about 3x its long-run average
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The Infinity Loop

The cycle of 90-day tariff extensions, exemptions, escalations, and pauses that has replaced coherent trade policy.

Every 90 days, North American businesses hold their breath
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Borders are living laboratories: societal petri dishes where collective interactions shape economic, social, and political prosperity.
The border-as-laboratory thesis · Laredo is the testing ground