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MEXICANS' TRUCKS DEBATE * USA - The trucking program is scheduled to begin Thursday
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request made by the Teamsters union, the Sierra Club and the nonprofit Public Citizen to halt the program
San Francisco,CAL,USA -The Trucker -31 Ago 2007: -- The Bush administration can go ahead with a pilot program to allow as many as 100 Mexican trucking companies to freely haul their cargo anywhere within the U.S. for the next year, a federal appeals court ruled late Friday... The appeals court ruled the groups have not satisfied the legal requirements to immediately stop what the government is calling a "demonstration project," but can continue to argue their case... The trucking program is scheduled to begin Thursday, pending the delivery of a report from the Inspector General of the Department of Transporation...
* Border Crossing For Truckers
But American truckers realize, " It's all about money, " said Henry. And this can influence changes in the trucking industryNacogdoches,TX,USA -KTRE (Lufkin,TX), by Donna McCollum -30 Aug 2007: -- Truckers often look for safe routes, close to home. One reason why trucker Nita Henry has no interest at all in crossing the border into Mexico. "Oh, no indeed. Have you ever been in Laredo? It's a mad house down there. They have lanes on the road, but they don't look at them"... Safety is also a reason the teamsters union doesn't want Mexican truckers allowed beyond current border zones. Another concern is competition. Henry said, "They're lowering the cost of freight because they can pay cheaper prices than they pay us. So with them coming over here the freight is going down and no one is making any money"... (Photo by seeya-downtheroad: "Mexico Border Crossing")
* NAFTA truck dispute in court
Washington,DC,USA -The Houston Chronicle, by MICHELLE MITTELSTADT & JENALIA MORENO -Aug. 29, 2007: -- The Teamsters Union and three public-interest groups asked a federal court Wednesday to block the Bush administration from opening U.S. roadways to Mexican trucks as early as this weekend... The union has long argued the introduction of Mexican trucks would compromise highway safety and cost U.S. jobs... Hector Marquez, head of the Mexican Economic Ministry's Trade and NAFTA Office in Washington, deplored the legal challenge... The Transportation Department's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration dismissed the lawsuit as "without merit"... The pilot's launch awaits certification from the Transportation Department's inspector general that the government has sufficient inspectors and inspection facilities to ensure that Mexican trucks meet U.S safety requirements... A Teamsters spokeswoman, Leslie Miller, said union lawyers were advised by Transportation Department attorneys that the inspector general's certification would be provided Friday, allowing the program to proceed the next day... A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration spokeswoman said the timeline would be dictated by the inspector general's certification... Even as haggling continues over the cross-border trucking program, some Mexican trucking company officials say it's the politicians — not they — who are interested in opening the border... Mexican trucking companies that deliver to the U.S. border zone already are struggling with rising insurance rates, longer lines to cross into the U.S. and a lack of credit to buy trucks, said Rolando Ortega; a delegate from the Matamoros, Mexico, chapter of the National Confederation of Mexican Carriers, which has 280,000 members; who owns 18 trucks... Only large carriers will haul cargo from Houston to Hidalgo or Memphis to Monterrey, some Mexican trucking company executives say... Many Mexican truckers cannot read signs in English, are unfamiliar with the U.S. highway system and don't know how to find cargo in the U.S. for their return trip to Mexico, said Oscar Garza, a delegate for the Reynosa chapter of the confederation of Mexican carriers, who once owned 35 trucks and now only has one because of decreased profitability...
* Bush To Allow Mexican Trucks To Carry Cargo Anywhere
USA -digg.com -31 Aug 2007: -- What this is really about is undercutting the U.S. trucking industry and putting more Americans out of work. This is just another disgraceful act by this administration to line their pockets at the expense of American jobs and safety. Where is the outcry over this? Will you feel safe with an 80mph semi from Mexico bearing down on you?...
* OOIDA SPECIAL REPORT: Mexico opens its border to U.S. trucks
Grain Valley,MO,USA -Land LIne Magazine, by Sandi Soendker & Jami Jones -Aug. 31, 2007: -- The cross-border pilot program between the U.S. and Mexico is halfway there... In a business meeting on Aug. 14, Mexican Transportation Secretary Luis Tellez Kuenzler announced that “necessary conditions” in Mexico are a reality. He also said he had been informed by the U.S. Department of Transportation that 37 Mexican carriers have been evaluated as satisfactory... Tellez stated through a press release that the necessary conditions existed to develop the project and declared the Mexican government had decided to stick to the proposed start date, which was reported as the last week of August... Just as U.S. truckers have adamantly objected to the program, so have their counterparts in Mexico... CANACAR, the trade association representing Mexican motor carriers, asked the Mexican Senate to cancel the cross-border pilot program with the United States back in March... “CANACAR has formally requested not to open the borders for trans-border services and to have the pilot program suspended until conditions for a fair competitive environment are existing and that the Mexican trucking industry has the guarantee of not being subject to unfair inequitable and discretional treatment by U.S. authorities,” CANACAR National President Tirso Martinez Angheben wrote in a press release... Angheben appeared before the Communication and Transportation Committee of the Mexican Senate in late March to explain why the transportation industry opposes the opening of trans-border services and the pilot program between the U.S. and Mexico, according to the CANACAR press release... The group claims the U.S. government has not complied with agreements established in the 1995 North American Free Trade Agreement. Mexican trucking companies were not allowed to invest in U.S.-based trucking businesses or allowed to provide services within the U.S... However, according to the Angheben, U.S.-based trucking companies have invested in infrastructure within Mexico and already have a “commercial presence in our country, which represents a commercial disadvantage of a great importance”... In the released message, Angheben said he also told the Mexican Senate committee that the regulations facing Mexican trucking companies coming into the U.S. “include uneven regulation for Mexican carriers that will not guarantee a fair competitive market in U.S. territory”...
* It's Only A Carrot: “I don’t get what the politicians are trying to do here”... Does anybody?
USA -Is It Just Me -Sept 01, 2007: -- In an effort to appease the Mexican government for the financial devastation wrought by sending their illegals home, the US trucking industry will be the first to suffer as nationwide Mexican trucks will roll down US highways... We just thought we were rolling up the welcome mat... From Colorado a lament from the trucking industry describes how deploying a carrot can undermine faith in our system: “I don’t get what the politicians are trying to do here”... Does anybody?..
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