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MEXICANS' TRUCKS * USA - Calderon to press Obama to solve trucking dispute
Mexico says it has already taken many steps to address U.S. safety concerns and the real reason Congress canceled the pilot program was protectionism
Washington,DC,USA -Reuters, by Doug Palmer & Eric Walsh -Aug 5, 2009: -- Mexican President, Felipe Calderon. will press President, Barack Obama, Sunday for a quick resolution to a cross-border trucking dispute that prompted Mexico to retaliate on $2.4 billion of U.S. goods... Calderon is hosting Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at a meeting in Guadalajara of the leaders of the North American Free Trade Agreement... The United States agreed in NAFTA to allow Mexican commercial trucks to transport goods within four U.S. border states in 1995 and throughout the country in 2000, but delayed implementation on safety grounds... A NAFTA dispute resolution panel ruled in Mexico's favor in February 2001, but Mexico City held off on imposing sanctions after former President George W. Bush promised action to implement the long-delayed provision... It is impossible to speculate whether Mexico would agree to additional safety measures, such as guaranteeing Mexican truck drivers that work in the United States be fluent in English and able to read U.S. traffic signs, "until we see something on paper" from the United States, the official said... (Images from huffingtonpost: mexican trucker)
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