We wrote last week about the Public Transit delegation in the border city of Nuevo Laredo had began testing all city transit and taxi drivers for drug and alcohol use and re-certifying those who passed. The first phase of the testing is complete, and while not surprising to us, debunks more of the propaganda being passed around by groups such as OOIDA and the Teamsters concerning lack of drug testing in Mexico. Eduardo Cuellar Bridges, deputy of the Public Transit delegation in Nuevo Laredo, reports at the end of the first phase of testing, 1600 bus and taxi drivers were tested and ….Read More
Editorial – Roadblock to free trade – It’s time to comply with NAFTA and open U.S. highways to Mexican trucks
Nearly 20 years after President Clinton signed the North American Free Trade Agreement, a key provision that grants Mexican trucks access to U.S. highways remains stalled. Staunch opposition from unions and consumer groups in this country, which argue that unsafe foreign trucks and inexperienced drivers put U.S. jobs and lives at risk, have successfully shut down even the most modest attempts to comply with NAFTA. In October, the Obama administration tried again, with a pilot program granting three Mexican trucking firms limited access to U.S. roads. So far, just two carriers have sent trucks into the country — a small ….Read More