DALLAS—Amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Mexico, a group of business leaders and public officials from Texas’ border cities on Friday met privately in Laredo to discuss how best to approach the Trump administration on issues of border security and trade. The meeting, which consisted of about 45 people and included bankers, trade proponents and port officials, had previously been arranged. But the gathering took on new urgency after Mr. Trump’s executive order this week to speed construction of a wall along the...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 28, 2017 02:56 UTC