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MEXICANS' TRUCKS ANALYSIS * MEXICO
* Mexican trucking association flip-flops on cross-border issue
City of Mexico,DF,MEX -Land Line Magazine (USA),by Jami Jones -April 6, 2009: -- After nearly two years of resisting the opening of the U.S.-Mexico border to long-haul trucking operations, the Mexican motor carrier association now is taking the U.S. to “NAFTA court.”... Canacar filed a Notice of Arbitration on Thursday, April 2, claiming the shutdown of the cross-border trucking demonstration program is a violation of the North American Free Trade Agreement... The filing seems to indicate that Canacar, the association representing both Mexican motor carriers and drivers, has done a 180 and now seems to advocate an opening of the border... The arbitration process is clearly outlined in the NAFTA agreement... The agreement has a provision that keeps decisions like that from going unchecked. The agreement’s Chapter 11 lists two international arbitration bodies in which NAFTA investor-state disputes can be heard... Back in 2000, the NAFTA Dispute Resolution Panel, which is composed of U.S. and Mexican trade officials, said that the U.S. or Mexico could be liable for damages resulting from one side or the other not meeting its treaty requirements... (Photo from USA Today)
* USA - Truckers to DOT: Mexican Trucks OK
Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce, by John Gallagher -Apr 7, 2009: -- American Trucking Associations president, William Graves, told U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood, that the ATA has no objections to opening the southern borders to allow Mexican and U.S. trucks direct access to their customers’ freight facilities... Graves said while ATA had no objections to the 2007 program, requirements for stricter safety standards and upgrades to tracking and tracing technology may help satisfy concerns of some of the program’s opponents, which include the Teamsters union and Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association...
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