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Mar 7, 2010

MEXICANS' TRUCKS * USA - Bill Introduced to Kill NAFTA

Legislation would withdraw U.S. from trade pact within six months

Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by William B. Cassidy -Mar 4, 2010: -- A bill that would end the North American Free Trade Agreement was introduced Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives... The bill would require President Obama to withdraw the U.S. from NAFTA within six months... The bill was sponsored by 24 Democrats and three Republicans... Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss. said withdrawing from NAFTA would help keep jobs in the U.S. and reduce unemployment... James P. Hoffa, general president of the Teamsters union, backed the bill. “We were sold a bill of goods about NAFTA,” he said... (Photo: Mexicans Trucks)


* NAFTA truck trade sees first boost in 15 months

Washingron,DC,USA -Today's Trucking (CAN) -4 March 2010: -- Surface transportation trade between the U.S., Canada and Mexico saw its first year-over-year boost in over a year to close out 2009... According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), NAFTA land trade in December 2009 settled 10.5 percent higher than the same month the year before, with a value of $58.5 billion... This was the first year-over-year increase since September 2008...


* USA - Mexican truck revival project nearing

Washington,DC,USA -Todays' Trucking -5 March 2010: -- A plan to reconcile the year-long trade dispute between the U.S. and Mexico is on its way, says Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood... After Bush's Mexican truck demonstration project was cancelled by the Obama administration last year, the Mexican government slapped $2.4 billion in retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods... Congress and the DOT have been under pressure to reinstate the program, or something similar, ever since... The program, which was under attack from unions and special interest groups from the start, allowed select Mexican carriers to cross the American border beyond the longstanding 25-mile restriction zone... "We are very near a proposal that we feel will meet all of the safety concerns that I heard when I talked to 25 members of Congress," LaHood told a Senate Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing on Thursday... (Photo from ABC News - The Mexican expanded truck traffic across the border since the NAFTA trade agreement in the mid 1990s)

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Sep 25, 2008

WARNING * Mexico - Keep NAFTA unchanged

President Calderon says altering the trade pact will lead to 'distrust' between the countries

New York,NY,USA -Bloomberg/The Detroit News, by Fabiola Moura -September 25, 2008: -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon called on the U.S. to preserve the North American Free Trade Agreement and increase competitiveness with Europe and Asia, saying any renegotiation could harm both countries' economies... U.S. critics of free trade have been more vocal this year as confidence in the economy erodes, and presidential candidate Barack Obama has said NAFTA should be changed to include labor and environmental standards. He warned against protectionism and said there needs to be "more investment in Mexico, to get more jobs for Mexicans in Mexico"... Calderon, 46, said Mexico's "labor-intensive" economy compliments America's "capital-intensive" economy, and the two countries need to work harder to integrate their markets...

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Jun 16, 2008

NAFTA * Canada - Fights to keep it

Detroit's Big Three support lobbying effort to maintain free trade between two countries

Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -June 16, 2008: -- The Canadian government -- backed by American businesses including Detroit's Big Three automakers -- has launched a lobbying blitz on Capitol Hill to defend free trade between the two North American economic superpowers... As part of a spirited lobbying effort, the Canadian government brought in its 13 consul generals -- its regional diplomats -- to Washington last Wednesday to defend the pact before Congress. The officials had meetings with more than 60 members of Congress and their aides, said Michael Wilson, the Canadian ambassador to the United States... Armed with statistics and examples of jobs the agreement has created in congressional districts, the officials sought to put a "human face on trade with Canada."... Wilson noted that Canada buys $248 billion in goods from the United States -- versus just $65 billion from China. About 7 million --or 1 in 25 -- American jobs depend on trade between the two nations. Canada is the leading export market for 39 of the 50 U.S. states... U.S. automakers are backing the effort to underscore the importance of free trade in North America to their supply chains... Rep. Joe Knollenberg, R-Bloomfield Township, whose district is home to many of the largest auto parts suppliers, said trade with Canada is essential. "Trade with Canada is important for our auto industry in Michigan and for our economy nationwide," he said... Greg Martin, a spokesman for General Motors Corp., said NAFTA had clearly "been a benefit" to the economy of both the United States and Canada...

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Mar 19, 2008

NAFTA * USA - Border Trade Alliance defends agreement

Warns of the cost of border delays

Washington,DC,USA -Truck News (Can) -17 Mar 2008: -- In light of recent comments by US presidential front-runners which have called into question the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Border Trade Alliance (BTA) has come to the agreement's defense... The group pointed out in a release that US exports into Canada have more than doubled since NAFTA was ratified. NAFTA nations conduct nearly US$2.4 billion in trilateral goods trade every day, the organization pointed out. However, it also said NAFTA is threatened by increasing border wait-times... The BTA called border delays a "larger and more serious threat to the trade agreement's continued success."...

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Jun 5, 2007

Blocking NA Integration * USA - American academic blasts fear-mongers for

Blames "extremists" in both countries for heading off North American integration efforts

Ottawa,BC,Canada -Today's Trucking/Canadian Press -5 June 2007: -- Canada and the U.S. should remove conflicting trade regulations and dovetail security rules, but "fear mongers" on both sides of the border are committed to stop all that from happening, says a prominent economist in the U.S.... Robert Pastor, director of the Center for North American Studies at American University in Washington, says it's time for both countries to go beyond NAFTA by integrating regulations in many fields, including trucking... However, he blames "extremists" in both countries for heading off North American integration efforts, like additional free trade and a new superhighway from Ontario through to Mexico...

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