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.
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It’s only a concept document at this point, but it has opponents of Mexico and Mexican trucking in full propaganda mode.
The results of the former Cross Border Pilot Program proved that that the claims of the Teamsters, OOIDA and public safety groups were baseless and utterly false, but with this new round, that’s not stopping them.
Once again they’ve enlisted Phyllis Schafly, an anti-feminist, anti-ERA conspiracy whackjob to carry the torch for them and thoroughly distort the issue. In her column today in TOWN HALL she writes.
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Todd Spencer – "You can't fix stupid"
As expected, Todd Spencer and OOIDA quickly released a statement opposing any effort by the FMCSA and the Obama administration to comply with out obligation under NAFTA. Our non compliance having cost us hundreds of thousands of jobs and a significant amount of market share due to the perfectly legal retaliatory tariffs Mexico imposed for our non compliance.
Here is OOIDA’s statement: (Our opinion appears in between the paragraphs)
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The Commercial Carrier Journal released today what is says is the concept document that will permit the United States to fulfill it’s obligations under NAFTA to allow Mexican carriers equal access to US highways.
The Department of Transportation says this initial concept document, is a starting point in the renewed negotiations with Mexico, addresses concerns raised during the process that included meetings with lawmakers, safety advocates, industry representatives and other stakeholders to address a broad range of concerns and to listen to the fabrications and misinformation presented by some of the stakeholders who oppose Mexican trucks in this country for purely bogus reasons.
Not surprisingly, the concept document merely reiterates the requirements that were used for the very successful Cross Border Pilot Program. And even more surprisingly, this writer and this website can support, it principle, the requirements being suggested in the concept document. After all, the carriers who participated in the initial pilot program, met and passed these requirement with flying colors.
The document can be downloaded here:
Highlights of the PHASED U.S.-MEXICO CROSS-BORDER LONG HAUL TRUCKING PROPOSAL
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Two key Republican House members are calling on the Obama administration to end an impasse with Mexico over cross-border trucking.
Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statements today regarding the Mexican trucking dispute as the NAFTA Commission meetings commence in Mexico:
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The Mexican government apparently is damned serious about trying to force the U.S. government to present it’s intentions in regards to the cross border trucking controversy.
Sources close MTO have indicated that Mexico is considering rotating its list of U.S. products subject to retaliatory tariffs by early 2011 if the Obama administration fails to present a proposal for resolution of the cross border trucking provisions that would provide Mexican carriers quid pro quo access to US markets.
The Mexican government will use all legal means to force the U.S. to comply with the trucking provisions of NAFTA, which the US agreed to in 1994, and those legal means will include a new rotation of the tariff’s list during the first quarter of 2011, the source said.
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood recently announced a proposal was ready and would be presented to Congress after the Nov. 2 elections.
Mexico has not yet received any word from the Obama administration indicating when or whether DOT will introduce its plan after the election, one source said.
Mexico released the list of revised tariffs today is response to the Obama Administrations continued refusal to comply with our obligations under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
The biggest impact comes in new agricultural and processed food products. The Mexican government imposed tariffs of 10-20 percent on products like chocolate, ketchup, chewing gum and cheese — all products of the manufacturing sector, made in American factories by American workers.
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Safe Mexican carriers such as this one will soon be seen on US highways as the Obama administration does the right thing and fulfills our promises under NAFTA. The time for the lies, fear mongering and hysteria is over with.
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 Teamsters’ concerns that Mexican truckers represented unwelcome competition.
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