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MEXICANS' TRUKS DEBATE * USA - 13 years too late, U.S. opens roads
Harlingen,TX,USA -The Valley Morning Star -14 Jan 2008: -- We applaud President Bush’s renewed effort to implement a provision of the North American Free Trade Agreement that should have gone into effect 13 years ago... The White House announced the relaunch of a program that will allow Mexican trucks full access into this country, despite Congress’ efforts to stop them... Two important lessons can be learned from that... The first is, of course, that those who have tried to scare the country into believing that removing the ban would lead to waves of dilapidated, overloaded trucks driven by drugged-up drivers who hadn’t slept in days are simply wrong. Three companies already enjoy unfettered access to this country’s roads and we haven’t seen any increase in accidents involving freight trucks, regardless of nationality. Trucks are inspected as they cross the bridge and those deemed unsafe are either brought into compliance on site or sent back south, as they should be... The second is that public safety agencies obviously are already able to handle the influx of new freight, especially if most meet safety, weight and documentation mandates. It’s apparent that foreign trucks have blended in quite nicely with the normal traffic flow, without overburdening state and local law enforcement officials. Of course, as the sudden polemic reveals, the lessons haven’t been learned by the hardheads on Capitol Hill... NAFTA’s benefits are nowhere more evident than here along the border, which has enjoyed rapid economic growth since the treaty went into effect. We can only expect more benefits from the elimination of further barriers to free trade. Opening our roads will help get merchandise and produce to markets in all three NAFTA countries, benefiting merchants and consumers everywhere. Let’s hope restrictions to overland trucking are dropped this year, allowing our growth to continue...
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