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MEXICANS' TRUCKS * USA - Time to end the dispute with Mexico
Over trucks and tariffs on U.S. products
Seattle,WASH,USA -The Seattle Times, by Kate Riley -16 July 2009: -- Nothing good comes from neighbors feuding. Bound by proximity, they must find ways to work things out... Nevertheless, Congress and President Obama did the rough equivalent of blocking the neighbor's driveway by ending a pilot project permitting Mexican trucks to bring cargo into the United States — a practice authorized in the North American Free Trade Agreement. Congress enacted and Obama signed in March a spending bill that stopped funding the experiment that, by many accounts, including a federal report, was successful... Mexico retaliated with steep tariffs on more than 90 U.S. products, which is squeezing Washington potato and pear, apricot and cherry producers, among others... The roiling trade dispute between Mexico and the United States is bad for business and counterproductive as the two countries attempt to improve border security and solve escalating violence related to drug cartels... I hope it's not later than that. One Mexican official familiar with the two countries' discussions said Thursday that if progress isn't made in resolving the dispute by the end of summer, Mexico likely will impose tariffs on a second round of U.S. products... Time to end this neighborhood dispute before it escalates further... (Photo from errantbodies.org: active trucking)
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