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

 
 06/08/2009  Posted by PMC at 17:01 on 06/08/2009 2 Responses »

WASHINGTON — Mexican President Felipe Calderon will press President Barack Obama Sunday for a quick resolution to a cross-border trucking dispute that prompted Mexico to retaliate on $2.4 billion of U.S. goods, a news agency reported today. “President Calderon will press forward our position and it will be great if we can get this solved at the latest by the end of this year,” a Mexican official told Reuters on Wednesday, speaking on condition that he not be identified. Calderon will host Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at a meeting in Guadalajara of the leaders of the North ….Read More

 
 03/11/2007  Posted by PMC at 09:17 on 03/11/2007 Comments Off

Ya’ll might as well heed the words of our friends at The Trucker.com and quit your whining and accept the inevitable. It is time to concentrate on far more important issues in our industry The other hot topic in trucking today is the Mexico truck demonstration project. We’re probably received more calls on this issue that any other this year. First conceived in the 1990s as part of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the movement of Mexican trucks into the U.S. and vice versa is mandated by law. Don’t go jumping on the Department of Transportation and FMCSA for ….Read More

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