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MEXICANS' TRUCKS * USA - Give Mexican truckers a chance to drive in U.S.
Fear of competition is the real issue here... though the Teamsters union has thrown every Chicken Little argument in the book at the public to see if one will stick Detroit,Mich,USA -The Detroit News -10 Sept 2007: -- A pilot program is under way to allow Mexican trucks and drivers to enter the United States with cargo as part of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The move has brought protests from the Teamsters union, but the program deserves a fair chance... It has been claimed that Mexican drivers didn't speak enough English... Mexican trucks are dirty... that Mexican drivers would cross over doped up or drunk... and would smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States... And on and on... Though those claims are overstated, the Bush administration has agreed to work with the union to address the issues... This is in addition to the requirements for Mexican trucks, just like Canadian trucks, follow the safety standards and laws of the United States... If the union's claims are correct, they'll be revealed with this pilot program and appropriate action can be taken... If not, then the program should be allowed to expand. The union has spent the past 15 years soliciting help from Congress and the courts to stop provisions in the North American Free Trade Agreement that allowed cross border trucking between Canada, the United States and Mexico... Canadian trucks have freely crossed the border into the United States for years. Mexican trucks have been confined to about a 25-mile limit at the border where goods have to be moved to big rigs driven mostly by Teamsters. It's an expensive and time-consuming process that results in traffic jams, border crossing delays and increased costs for consumers who pay extra for the inefficient process... We'll soon find out if the doomsday scenarios the Teamsters predicted are realized. We're betting that's not likely to happen... (Photo by Ricardo Thomas/The Detroit News - Trucks have long been crossing the U.S.-Canada border, notably at the Ambassador Bridge, which spans the Detroit River)
* Mexico - Dynamite truck explosion kills 37 - Who says Mexican trucks are unsafe?
Piedras Negras,Mexico -Sweetness Light -11 Sept 2007: -- A truck carrying mining explosives blew up after colliding with another vehicle in northern Mexico, killing at least 37 people, including three reporters who came to the scene, state and federal officials said... The explosion occurred near the town of Sacramento... Maximo Alberto Neri Lopez, a federal police official, said 37 people were killed and 150 were injured. He said the explosion left a 10-by-40 foot crater in the concrete...
* Mexico - Sends 1st long-haul trucks to US
Mexico City,DF,MEX -Associated Press/Las Cruces Sun News, by LISA J. ADAMS -9 Sept 2007: -- Two Mexican tractor-trailers have delivered payloads in New York and South Carolina, becoming the first trucks to operate deep in the United States under a long-delayed, NAFTA-mandated program criticized on both sides of the border... The trucks, operated by Transportes Olympic, a company based outside the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, crossed into the United States carrying steel construction materials and will haul similar products from Arkansas and Alabama back across the border, Mexican Transportation Secretary Luis Tellez said Sunday... U.S. and Mexican officials say the program is a necessary part of NAFTA and that trucks enrolled in the program would meet U.S. regulations... U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza estimated that letting trucks travel freely throughout both countries would save more than $400 million annually in transportation costs...
Mexico City,DF,MEX -Associated Press/Las Cruces Sun News, by LISA J. ADAMS -9 Sept 2007: -- Two Mexican tractor-trailers have delivered payloads in New York and South Carolina, becoming the first trucks to operate deep in the United States under a long-delayed, NAFTA-mandated program criticized on both sides of the border... The trucks, operated by Transportes Olympic, a company based outside the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, crossed into the United States carrying steel construction materials and will haul similar products from Arkansas and Alabama back across the border, Mexican Transportation Secretary Luis Tellez said Sunday... U.S. and Mexican officials say the program is a necessary part of NAFTA and that trucks enrolled in the program would meet U.S. regulations... U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza estimated that letting trucks travel freely throughout both countries would save more than $400 million annually in transportation costs...
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