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MEXICANS' TRUCKS * USA - Small Truckers Slam Mexico Trade Effort
Independent drivers demand infrastructure safety, security standards
Grain Valley,MO,USA -The Journal Of Commerce, by John Gallagher -Mar 27, 2009: -- Small trucking companies are calling on the Obama Administration to suspend plans to establish another cross-border trucking program with Mexico until Mexico meets U.S. infrastructure safety, and security standards... “Under current conditions in Mexico there is little opportunity or willingness on the part of U.S. truckers to compete in Mexico,” said James Johnston, president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, in a letter to President Obama... “Until the Mexican government commits to addressing its deteriorated infrastructure, significantly combats the rampant crime within its borders and promulgates regulations that significantly improve the safety of highway travelers, U.S. truckers will be unable to benefit from anticipated reciprocity. Rather, in the foreseeable future U.S. truckers would be forced to forfeit their own economic opportunities while inadequately compensated Mexican truckers, free from equivalent regulatory burdens, take over their traffic lanes.”... (Photo: Trucks at the Mexican border)* Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, calls for quick resolution of Mexico truck dispute
Monterrey,Nuevo Leon,MEX —The Associated Press/The Trucker -26 March 2009: -- U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Thursday called for a quick end to the dispute that has emerged in the wake of the culmination of the Cross Border Demonstration Project, saying both sides need to ensure that traffic across the border is safe and legal... Clinton commented on the issue as she wrapped up a two-day visit to Mexico...
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