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MEXICANS' TRUCKS * USA - Agency backs opening border to
A federal transportation agency yesterday defended President Bush's plan to open the border to long-haul Mexican truck traffic in a response to overwhelmingly negative public views of the proposal
Washington,DC,USA -Copley News Services/The San Diego Union Tribune (San Diego,CAL), by Paul M. Krawzak -August 18, 2007: -- ... Bush has sought to conduct the program as part of his effort to comply with a provision of the North American Free Trade Agreement requiring the United States and Mexico to open their borders to each other's commercial trucks... The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which would conduct the program, acknowledged that the vast majority of the more than 2,300 public comments it received were opposed to the proposed one-year experiment... But the agency argued that it is committed to making sure Mexican truck drivers obey all U.S. rules and regulations during the trial. The program would allow up to 100 Mexican carriers to send trucks into the United States...
* US moves a step closer to allowing Mexican trucks full access to US highways
Fresno,CA,USA -International Herald Tribune, by DogBarkTree -17 Aug 2007: -- ... A one-year demonstration project allowing 100 Mexican motor carriers full access to U.S. roads will begin as soon as the department's inspector general certifies that safety and inspection plans and facilities are sufficient to ensure the Mexican trucks are at least as safe as U.S. trucks. That requirement was imposed by Congress... Mexican trucks are now confined to commercial zones within about 25 miles (40.2 kilometers) of the border...
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