Is Racism at work in Border Trucking debate?

May 252011
 
 25/05/2011  Posted by PMC at 15:58 on 25/05/2011 1 Response »
Is Racism at work in Border Trucking debate?

That’s the question posed on the blog “ALL THAT’S TRUCKING” as she writes about the many nasty, racially tinged comments being thrown about as the red hot debate over Mexican cross border trucking heats up once again, and the usual actors, OOIDA, TEAMSTERS and their allies in talk radio fan the flames of their listeners prejudices.   “Is racism rearing its ugly head in the debate over the long-delayed opening of the border to long-haul Mexican trucks, as required under the North American Free Trade Agreement that was signed nearly 20 years ago? I’m not saying anyone who opposes opening ….Read More

CATO Institute – The Pilot Program on NAFTA Long-Haul Trucking Provisions

May 052011
 
 05/05/2011  Posted by PMC at 20:50 on 05/05/2011 Comments Off

Comments for the Federal Register FMCSA–2011–0097 by Daniel Griswold These comments were submitted on May 4, 2011. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed restoration of long-haul cross-border trucking with Mexico in compliance with our commitments under the North American Free Trade Agreement. My name is Daniel Griswold. I’m director of the Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute in Washington. Cato is a non-profit, non-partisan educational institution supported by voluntary donations from individuals and foundations who share our core values of individual liberty, free markets, limited government, and peace. The suspension ….Read More

Guest Editorial – Mexico trucking issue hits home for U.S. agriculture

Mar 312011
 
 31/03/2011  Posted by PMC at 19:20 on 31/03/2011 Comments Off
Guest Editorial - Mexico trucking issue hits home for U.S. agriculture

By Nelson Balido President Border Trade Alliance The Border Trade Alliance earlier this month expressed its optimism that a framework announced by President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderón for setting the trucking issue was a real step in the right direction. If all this sounds familiar, it’s because the dispute over trucking dates back to the Clinton administration, when bogus claims over truck safety and environmental damage first won out over the need to comply with the North American Free Trade Agreement signed with our friends and neighbors, Canada and Mexico. We’ve been close to settling this issue before, and ….Read More

SA Express News Editorial – Take action on truck program – End a self-defeating trade war with Mexico over NAFTA provision

Jan 182011
 
 18/01/2011  Posted by PMC at 09:15 on 18/01/2011 6 Responses »
SA Express News Editorial - Take action on truck program - End a self-defeating trade war with Mexico over NAFTA provision

Let’s see if I’ve got this right. James P. Hoffa of the Teamsters and Todd Spencer of OOIDA are correct in their opinions of Mexican trucks and 1400 plus trade associations, newspaper editors and business groups are wrong? And the aforementioned duo “speak” for the “majority” of Americans? I think not. The San Antonio Express News editorial board offered their opinion on the issue this morning.

Opinion – Mexican trucking tariffs harm U.S. pork industry’s market

Dec 052010
 
 05/12/2010  Posted by PMC at 02:09 on 05/12/2010 Comments Off
Opinion - Mexican trucking tariffs harm U.S. pork industry’s market

By Sam Carney U.S. pork exports to Mexico are falling, and it’s not because Mexicans have lost their taste for pork. Since August, the price of getting U.S pork into the Mexican market has increased because of a tariff Mexico slapped on it, retribution for the United States failing to live up to a trade obligation. That duty makes U.S. pork more expensive for Mexicans to buy compared with, say, Canadian pork, which enters Mexico at a zero tariff rate. In fact, from August to September, U.S. pork exports going south of the border fell 20 percent while Canada’s increased ….Read More

NAFTA compliance, finally / Obama will end 17-year ban on Mexican trucks

May 082010
 
 08/05/2010  Posted by PMC at 15:01 on 08/05/2010 3 Responses »
NAFTA compliance, finally / Obama will end 17-year ban on Mexican trucks

BY UNION-TRIBUNE EDITORIAL BOARD The North American Free Trade Agreement was ratified by Congress almost 17 years ago. It’s about time the United States began honoring a key part of it. A sticking point in the treaty has been the provision allowing truckers from Mexico, Canada and the United States cross-border access to each nation’s highways. The United States allowed Canadian truckers access, but kept out Mexican trucks. Democratic lawmakers claimed they were worried about “safety concerns” related to the Mexican trucks. But what they were really worried about was how best to cater to labor unions and address the ….Read More

Mexican Trucking Retaliation to continue…… Indefinitely

Feb 232010
 
 23/02/2010  Posted by PMC at 02:20 on 23/02/2010 Comments Off
Mexican Trucking Retaliation to continue...... Indefinitely

SCOTT LINCICOME, an International trade attorney, published author, political adviser and frustrated libertarian had this assessment of the current state of the dispute between the US and Mexico over the illegal ban on Mexican trucks. Quoting an article from “INSIDE TRADE”, a subscription industry publication:

Surviving Mexico’s highways and byways

Nov 172009
 
 17/11/2009  Posted by PMC at 22:38 on 17/11/2009 2 Responses »
Surviving Mexico's highways and byways

Maribeth Mellin, in a special to SFGate.com confirms what I’ve been preaching for years. That Mexico’s roads and rules are nothing like Trucking Bozo and others describe them. Here’s her article. I never wanted to be a road warrior in Mexico. For the first 10 years of my adult life, traveling south of the border meant taking a train to Palenque, putting my name in the lottery for a seat on the ferry across the Sea of Cortez, playing gin rummy at the station until the next bus departed , or placing my fate in the hands of a generous ….Read More

OIG Report – Political aims keep a deal idling slowly

Sep 042009
 
 04/09/2009  Posted by PMC at 17:55 on 04/09/2009 Comments Off
OIG Report - Political aims keep a deal idling slowly

The federal government has prompted yet another delay in the implementation of a NAFTA provision that allows Mexican truckers to bring cargo from that country to U.S. markets. Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, that provision should have gone into effect on Jan. 1, 1995 — more than 14½ years ago. The U.S. Transportation Department’s inspector general on Wednesday issued a report stating that the department still needs more information to determine if Mexican trucks are safe enough to enter this country. The report, prepared by department auditors, says that some states don’t adequately report the nationality of people ….Read More

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