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MEXICANS' TRUCKS * Mexico - To Expand Tariffs in Unresolved Cross-Border Trucking Dispute with U.S.
Mexico City,DF,MEX -Transport Topics -17 Aug 2010: -- The Mexican government plans to expand its list of U.S. goods targeted for higher tariffs, as part of its retaliation for the U.S. government’s refusal to reopen the border to long-haul cross-border trucking... “The government of Mexico has renewed the list of U.S. goods subject to increased tariffs,” according to a statement posted on the embassy’s website. “The revised list will involve 99 U.S. products with a similar total export value to Mexico as the previous list”... The Mexican government "has yet to receive a formal proposal for resolution of this dispute and an unequivocal signal that the U.S. government is working to eliminate the barriers that Mexican long haul carriers face to access the U.S. market,” the statement said... The announcement did not specify which new products would be on the list... (Photo from discovery: Mexican Trucks)
* USA - Mexico Tariffs To Affect US Pork, Oranges, Pistachios
Washington,DC,USA -Dow Jones,by Josh Mitchell & Paul Kiernan -17 August 2010: -- Mexico said Monday it would impose tariffs on an expanded array of American products, from pork to pistachios, escalating a trade dispute over U.S. rules that effectively ban Mexican truckers from operating north of the border... Mexico's move to add 26 products to its tariff list while removing others, bringing the total to 99 U.S. products on the list, was designed to increase pressure on the Obama administration to resolve the long-running spat... Mexico didn't release details on the new tariffs, though a Mexican government official said the duties would be "modest." The duty on pork is expected to be 5%... But by affecting such products as pork, apples and California oranges, Mexico appeared to be trying to engage powerful lobbies--and influential lawmakers from their states--to force a resolution...
* USA - Trucking industry stakeholders react to Mexico's decision to increase tariff list
Washington,DC,USA -The Trucker, by LYNDON FINNEY -17 Aug 2010: -- Trucking industry stakeholders on Tuesday continued to weigh in on Mexico's announcement Monday that it would renew the list of U.S. goods subject to increased tariffs, adding that the list would involve 99 U.S. products with similar total export value to Mexico as the previous list... The Mexican government made its decision in the wake of no solution to the cross-border trucking program killed by Congress in March 2009 and thus what Mexico perceives as a lack of full compliance by the U.S. with the North American Free Trade Agreement... The original tariffs were estimated to cost U.S. growers $2.4 billion annually... Tuesday, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association Executive Vice President Todd Spencer, called on the Obama administration to stand up to what he called Mexico’s bullying tariff tactics and start fighting for the livelihoods of Americans... Trucking companies in the United States are required to comply with ever-increasing safety regulations that significantly increase their costs of operations, Spencer noted, adding that Mexico did not have a similar regulatory regimen and therefore its companies do not contend with the corresponding costs that encumber U.S. counterparts... (Photo from JOC: Border cross: USA / Mex)Labels: border troubles, mexicans' trucks debate
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