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MEXICANS' TRUCKS * USA - Moves to Patch Mexico Rift
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The Wall Street Journal (NY), by CHRISTOPHER CONKEY -March 20, 2009: -- The Obama administration began efforts Friday to ease an erupting trade dispute with Mexico by starting work on a new program to give Mexican truckers broader access to U.S. highways... Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood met with officials from the State Department and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to design a cross-border trucking program "that will meet the legitimate concerns of Congress and our [North American Free Trade Agreement] commitments," said a White House spokesman... Kenneth Mead, a former inspector general who reviewed the pilot program, said the Mexican trucks that participated in it received scrutiny well beyond what the average U.S. trucker faces. "If you applied the same standards to U.S. trucks, you'd probably enhance safety," he said. The problem, he said, is that the study was so small. "Will you be able to apply the same level of scrutiny if you open it to a much broader population of Mexican trucks?" he asked... One indicator on the safety of Mexican trucks could be that roughly 1,700 are already on America's highways, "grandfathered" out of the restrictions. Mr. Mead's review team found that these trucks failed vehicle inspections at rates that were slightly higher than those for U.S. trucks... (Photo by Sandy Huffaker for The Wall Street Journal - A pilot program allowing Mexican trucks beyond the 25-mile commercial zone inside the U.S. border suggested they operated safely and routinely passed inspections. Critics contend the program was too limited to accurately draw conclusions, and that monitoring more trucks would be difficult)Labels: mexicans' trucks debate
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