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Mar 28, 2007

‘Racism’ * USA - "Seen in Liberals" Opposition to Mexican Truckers

Syracuse,NY,USA -The NewStandard, by Michelle Chen -28 Mar 2007: -- Labor and public-interest groups are arguing that permitting Mexican truckers to drive US roads under NAFTA raises safety concerns. But the facts suggest otherwise, and some activists see a deeper problem... The southern border has become a political fault line once again, as a plan to open US highways to a select group of Mexico-based commercial traffic runs into opposition. While some labor and safety advocates decry Mexican trucks as "unsafe," others see xenophobia driving the controversy... Manuel Pérez Rocha with the Red Mexicana de Acción Frente al Libre Comercio (Mexican Action Network on Free Trade) said the trucking issue reveals "abysmal asymmetries" in free-trade agreements...

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