Mexico agrees to stop “rotation” of tariff’s but will not lift them until agreement is reached

Jan 112011
 
 11/01/2011  Posted by PMC at 08:28 on 11/01/2011 1 Response »
Mexico agrees to stop "rotation" of tariff's but will not lift them until agreement is reached

MEXICO CITY – Mexico will maintain punitive tariffs on 99 U.S. products but will not add any more goods or change the list pending negotiations over a new program to allow Mexican cargo trucks on U.S. roads, the government announced Monday. Economy Secretary Bruno Ferrari said the move is a show of goodwill as the two countries begin discussing an initiative the U.S. presented last week to lift a U.S. ban on Mexican trucks. “As of this moment we stop that rotating process” — the expansion of the taxed list and the periodic changing of goods subject to the punitive ….Read More

Union Propaganda machine goes full tilt, but, statistics don’t lie. The opposition does

Jan 102011
 
 10/01/2011  Posted by PMC at 13:19 on 10/01/2011 5 Responses »
Union Propaganda machine goes full tilt, but, statistics don't lie. The opposition does

We’ve had a weekend since Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood released the “Concept Document” enabling the United States to finally uphold their obligations under the NAFTA agreement. Reaction has been overwhelmingly positive to the release of the plan with opposition coming from the usual irrelevant sources, as predicted. Immediately, the opposition chimed in citing job losses, unsafe trucks, and a variety of other baseless assumptions. Baseless because in the 15 years of opposition to allowing Mexican carriers to operate in this country, OOIDA and the TEAMSTERS have offered no concrete evidence to back up their claims. Why? Because none exists. There ….Read More

Concept document released for Mexican truck access

Jan 062011
 
 06/01/2011  Posted by PMC at 13:59 on 06/01/2011 Comments Off
Concept document released for Mexican truck access

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 ….Read More

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

112th Congress will be best shot at getting Cross Border Trucking up and running

Dec 032010
 
 03/12/2010  Posted by PMC at 06:56 on 03/12/2010 Comments Off
112th Congress will be best shot at getting Cross Border Trucking up and running

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:

Mexico gets serious about cross border trucking issue

Nov 082010
 
 08/11/2010  Posted by PMC at 15:16 on 08/11/2010 Comments Off
Mexico gets serious about cross border trucking issue

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 ….Read More

Mexico Cross-Border Trucking – A Mexican Border Perspective

Nov 082010
 
 08/11/2010  Posted by PMC at 07:43 on 08/11/2010 3 Responses »
Mexico Cross-Border Trucking - A Mexican Border Perspective

The Journal of Commerce recently quoted Luis Paz Vega who is in leadership of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) office at the DC Mexican embassy – that redoing the Mexican Truck in the US “demonstration program” won’t work. They instead want us to adhere to NAFTA and open the border up. Here’s some thoughts…

Election 2010 & the Mexican Truck Issue

Nov 032010
 
 03/11/2010  Posted by PMC at 06:34 on 03/11/2010 3 Responses »
Election 2010 & the Mexican Truck Issue

The 2010 midterm elections came out about as expected, with the Repubs taking the House of Representatives and the Democrats retaining control of the Senate, guaranteeing two more years of gridlock and squabbling. How does this election bode for the United States finally complying with their obligations to allow Mexican trucks access to the US under the NAFTA provisions? Better now than before when Democrats controlled both houses of the legislature and had the unions and special interests had their hands up the asses of certain Congressmen and Senators.

Fighting cross border trucking with fabrications and fear mongering

Aug 312010
 
 31/08/2010  Posted by PMC at 09:12 on 31/08/2010 Comments Off
Fighting cross border trucking with fabrications and fear mongering

A caller to a nationally known trucking news report show recently starting spewing his objections and telling all who would listen why Mexican trucks should be forever banned from US highways. The days guest, a well known and respected journalist and trucking expert asked the caller; “Where do you get this information?” The caller, stunned at having his views questioned, stuttered and stammered for a moment and then blurted, “OOIDA of course!” And the journalist responded that , and I’m paraphrasing, “That for all the time OOIDA has been objecting to Mexican trucks, they have not ventured one fact to ….Read More

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