Mexico slaps additional tariffs on 90 US products in retaliation!

Mar 162009
 
 16/03/2009  Posted by PMC at 14:23 on 16/03/2009 3 Responses »
Mexico slaps additional tariffs on 90 US products in retaliation!

You asked for it, you got it! MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico says it will increase tariffs on about 90 U.S. products in retaliation for last week’s decision to cancel a pilot program that allowed some Mexican trucks to transport goods within the United States. The Mexican Economy Department says the U.S. decision violates a provision of the North American Free Trade Agreement that was supposed to have opened cross-border trucking years ago. Department officials told a news conference Monday that the measure will affect about $2.4 billion in trade: 90 agricultural and industrial products from 40 U.S. states. It ….Read More

U.S. plans to map out new Mexican truck project

Mar 122009
 
 12/03/2009  Posted by PMC at 02:39 on 12/03/2009 1 Response »
U.S. plans to map out new Mexican truck project

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration will try to reinvent a program to allow Mexican trucks full access to U.S. highways. An 18-month pilot program that allowed a few Mexican trucks beyond a border buffer zone died when President Barack Obama signed a $410 billion spending bill yesterday. The bill barred spending on the program. Debbie Mesloh, a spokeswoman for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, said Obama has told the office to work with Congress, the Transportation and State departments and Mexican officials to come up with legislation to create “a new trucking project that will meet the legitimate ….Read More

Mexican Cross Border Program likely to end, for now!

Mar 112009
 
 11/03/2009  Posted by PMC at 08:48 on 11/03/2009 4 Responses »
Mexican Cross Border Program likely to end, for now!

Further signs of the deterioration of America’s society and values were evident Tuesday night with the passage of the pork laden FY09 Omnibus Appropriations Bill that funds the government through September 09. Based on lies and misrepresentations by insignificant little men such as Teamsters President James Hoffa and OOIDA’s Todd Spencer, Section 136 pulling funding for the successful Mexican Cross Border Demonstration Program remained intact. The final vote was 62 to 35 with 2 abstaining. A Congressionally mandated Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General Final Report released last Tuesday, appears to expose the lies of these organizations who have ….Read More

Obama Decides to violate Smoot Hawley and we will pay

Mar 102009
 
 10/03/2009  Posted by PMC at 17:46 on 10/03/2009 3 Responses »
Obama Decides to violate Smoot Hawley and we will pay

I’ve written before about a dangerous provision of the Omnibus appropriations legislation now under consideration in the Senate. The bill violates the U.S. commitment under NAFTA to allow Mexican trucking companies to operate in the U.S., so long as they meet all the standards to which U.S. companies and trucks are held. If Obama signs this measure into law, Mexico will have the right to retaliate against the U.S. – presumably by restricting exports from the U.S. to Mexico. Barack Obama opposed the Mexico truck pilot program when he was in the Senate, but you might expect him to rethink ….Read More

Showdown looms over Mexican Truck Program – Will Obama do the right thing?

Mar 052009
 
 05/03/2009  Posted by PMC at 14:57 on 05/03/2009 2 Responses »
Showdown looms over Mexican Truck Program - Will Obama do the right thing?

“This is protectionism. It has nothing to do with the safety or security of American roads,”

Highlights of the final DOT Office of Inspector General report on Cross Border Trucking

Feb 262009
 
 26/02/2009  Posted by PMC at 23:36 on 26/02/2009 Comments Off
Highlights of the final DOT Office of Inspector General report on Cross Border Trucking

The final report issued by the Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General on the Mexican Cross Border Program was made public on Tuesday, and there were no surprises in the report. Once again, the Inspector General has validated all that has been reported on this site. Furthermore, the report totally debunks the inaccurate and erroneous statements made over the past two years by Jimmy Hoffa and the people at OOIDA. The report can be downloaded here for your review. It is suggested that one reads it throughly to get the full impact of the IG’s findings. Here are some ….Read More

Hoffa Praises Proposal to Ban Unsafe Mexican Trucks

Feb 232009
 
 23/02/2009  Posted by PMC at 18:19 on 23/02/2009 Comments Off
Hoffa Praises Proposal to Ban Unsafe Mexican Trucks

I’l ask the same question I asked about Mark Reddig of OOIDA last week! How stupid does he think people are? This headline coming from PRNEWSWIRE, which is a pay for print news service. In other words, it doesn’t have to be the truth, but if you pay them to promote it, they will. Hoffa Praises Proposal to Ban Unsafe Mexican Trucks Omnibus Budget Would Stop Cross-Border Trucking Pilot Program WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa applauded the House Democratic leadership for including a ban on unsafe Mexican trucks in the omnibus appropriations bill unveiled today. ….Read More

[EDITORIAL] Teamsters scare mongering on NAFTA & Mexican Trucks

Sep 192008
 
 19/09/2008  Posted by PMC at 00:27 on 19/09/2008 2 Responses »
[EDITORIAL] Teamsters scare mongering on NAFTA & Mexican Trucks

The home team trails in the third quarter as the underdog visitors steadily advance the ball. Coaches are nervous; fans are grumbling. Desperate for a turnaround, the home team announces a surprise rule change: From now on, the visitors are banned from crossing the 50-yard line. Sounds absurd, but that’s what Congress proposes to do with NAFTA, the free-trade accord it approved in 1993. Sure, NAFTA might not be a crowd pleaser. It is, however, a treaty that legally binds the United States. The rules don’t change just because the home team is in trouble. NAFTA has always included provisions ….Read More

[UPDATED]Opposition to Cross Border Truck program has nothing to do with safety or security concerns

Sep 152008
 
 15/09/2008  Posted by PMC at 18:11 on 15/09/2008 2 Responses »
[UPDATED]Opposition to Cross Border Truck program has nothing to do with safety or security concerns

Those who have followed the debate on the Mexican Cross Border Program, might have noticed as time passed, Todd Spencer and OOIDA for example kept changing their reasons for opposing FMCSA Cross Border Program. First it was “Safety issues”, then economic issues, both which have been debunked here and in other places. Jimmy Hoffa continues to rant about those “dangerous and unsafe” Mexican trucks putting the American motoring public at risk, without offering one iota of proof to back up his accusations. Even Steve Sommers on America’s Trucking Network has toned down the rhetoric, insisting his opposition to the program ….Read More

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