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Apr 2, 2007

DEBATE * Trucking U.S. firms not eyeing Mexico

San Antonio,TX,USA -The San Antonio Express, by Meena Thiruvengadam -30 March 2007: -- Although more than 800 Mexican trucking companies are waiting for access to U.S. roadways under the cross-border trucking pilot program announced last month, fewer than 10 American companies are seeking the same access in Mexico... The U.S. government is optimistic more U.S. truckers will come forward to join the program, but industry leaders are skeptical because they say the risks outweigh the benefits... U.S. trucks haven't been allowed in Mexico since at least 1995, when the U.S. denied Mexican truckers access to American roadways under cross-border trucking provisions included in the North American Free Trade Agreement. Mexican trucks haven't been able to drive freely in the U.S. since 1982... Under the DOT pilot, trucks from 100 Mexican companies would be allowed to make deliveries anywhere in the U.S., but those deliveries would have to originate in Mexico. Up to 100 U.S. companies also would be allowed to make deliveries in Mexico...

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