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MEXICANS' TRUCKS * USA - A valuable test
A pilot program to test the idea of allowing Mexican trucks full access to U.S. highways is a fine idea that should give U.S. commerce time to take some careful measurementsMonterey,CA,USA -The Monterey County Herald -16 Sept 2007: -- Dianne Feinstein notwithstanding... It's a one-year test that should answer the question of whether increased competition within the trucking industry will translate into savings for American consumers, manufacturers and producers... It should answer the loaded question of whether Mexican trucks are more dangerous as well as whether the Teamsters and others with truck-related labor contracts can co-exist with almost entirely nonunionized Mexican trucking... It also should tell us whether Mexican trucks, generally older than American trucks, can operate within our emissions standards... And, perhaps most important, it should give us a clue about the future balance of trade and an answer to what extent opening the truck lanes would help Mexican growers undercut their north-of-the-border competitors... It's probably best that it's only a test for now. If it were to be made permanent without study, it would be hard to support such a large shift in policy and practice. But it will take nearly a year for the federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to study the issues and just as long for the Environmental Protection Agency to assess the pollution issues... (Photo file: Seattle Times - Teamsters seek injunction against Mexican trucks in U.S.)
* Mexico - Says Safety Myths Blocking Its Trucks from U.S.
Monterrey,Mexico -News Max (USA) -September 12, 2007: -- A U.S. Senate decision to block funding for a test program to let Mexico's long-haul trucks operate in the United States uses outdated safety fears to mask protectionism, Mexican truckers and the U.S. government say... A truck crash in the desert of northern Mexico killed dozens last weekend when a cargo of explosives blew up, creating a huge fireball and crater in the road... That helped influence the U.S. Senate when it voted on Tuesday to block funding for a test program to let Mexican long-haul trucks operate in the United States under 1994's North American Free Trade Agreement... But Mexican truckers and the Bush administration say that kind of accident would not happen to Mexican trucks in the United States under the program... The 600 rigs that were due to take part in the one-year plan were new vehicles and safety checks on the U.S-Mexico border were tougher than for U.S. truck drivers... Checks are so tight that only one truck, from Mexico's northern city of Monterrey made it deep into the United States in the five days the project lasted... Robert West, an Americas trade expert at Global Insight consultancy, said U.S. lawmakers' resistance to the Bush truckers plan was more about politics and double standards in Washington. "Congress' position is duplicitous and sets back the time when the border will be truly open, as it should be under NAFTA," he said...
* U.S. Trucker Delivers in Mexico
USA -Life on the Road, by Wayne Weisser -16 September 2007: -- I think my opinion lies somewhere between Porter’s and Renee’s. I’m not thrilled about it, but just like the Canadian trucks, it’s going to happen. Most arguments the opposition uses can be used to get rid of the Canadian trucks too. Everything from security to the lower paid drivers... US trucking, in my opinion has so many more pressing problems, from the legal importing of too many drivers using h2b visas that flood the market and drive down rates to US companies running around with unsafe trucks, no insurance and even no authority. Including the ATA, PATT and a host of other groups trying to keep us from working. We could use some more enforcement on our own industry instead of blaming old problems on the new participants... Some said American truckers weren’t going to be allowed (or want) to drive in Mexico. Well, here you go, someone thinks it’s not such a bad idea...
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