It didn’t take long for the opponents of Mexican trucks, or for that matter, anything Mexican to come out with their discredited rants opposing the US fulfilling its obligation to allow Mexican trucks access to US roadways in the same manner Canadian trucks have been allowed for more than 10 years. Teamster President James Hoffa was the first out of the chute with his tired sophomoric and overused rhetoric.
In a recent post, I commented on allegations made by OOU President Dan Little, accusing FMCSA of falsifying CVSA inspections records for Mexican motor carriers. Mr Little took it upon himself and his organization to respond to that post with the records of 13 “randomly” selected Mexican carriers from the FMCSA SAFERSYS database. Mr Little made these allegations about the carrier list he submitted. They are:
A new week and more misinformation coming from OOIDA as they push their lemmings to urge their Congresspeople to sign on to Rep. Peter DeFazio’s silly little letter calling for the Obama Administration to discriminate once more, against Mexico, by renegotiating the provision that allows Mexican trucks access to the United States. It’s also the eve of the first anniversary of the legal tariff’s that Mexico instituted in retaliation for the closure of the Cross Border Demonstration Project. Our sources confirm that the rumors circulating that the Mexican government may update a trade retaliation list against U.S. products is true. ….Read More
As the opponents come out from under their rocks to oppose the Mexican trucks once again, and in their opposition, costing Americans tens of thousands of jobs, it’s interesting to go back three years and review the opinions of others interested in this issue. The following, appeared in the NEW STANDARD on March 28,2007, and the writers reasoning then resonates just as much in the renewed debate. After all, nothing is being said about the Canadians running amok in the US, breaking our cabotage rules, many who speak little or no English, and many from Muslim countries who are avowed ….Read More
It only took the mention of resuming talks on allowing Mexican trucks into the United States, as we’re obligated to do under the NAFTA treaty for OOIDA to begin another campaign of misinformation and preying upon the fears and prejudices of their members and the general public. Today, they issued a press release inappropriately titled, “The U.S. must challenge Mexico’s tariff bullying Highway safety and security must trump free trade ideology“ I say inappropriate because of the title and the message being sent. We should be challenges those who put protectionism and their own self interests ahead of the US ….Read More
The Obama administration has taken the first step toward renewing a pilot program that allows Mexican?truckers to operate within the U.S., as stipulated in the North American Free Trade Agreement, but still must work with Congress on fashioning a new program, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said Tuesday. U.S.Trade Representative Ron Kirk told a news conference in Mexico last week that the Obama administration had taken the first step in coming up with a new program when it convinced Congress not to prohibit a cross-border program in the 2010 omnibus spending bill. With that being said, the mexenophobes are beginning ….Read More
NAFTA, one of the most contentious trade agreements signed by the U.S., was meant to unite the U.S., Mexico and Canada economically. But 15 years after it was enacted, it has spurred endless division, the latest being a high-level spat between the U.S. and Mexico that critics say is hurting the profitability of American companies. Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, the U.S. was supposed to allow Mexican trucks access to U.S. highways. But American unions have put up roadblocks for years by accusing Mexican trucks of being unsafe. Since NAFTA went into effect in 1994, Mexican trucks have ….Read More
Canada’s trade minister said Monday that some progress is being made on a nagging trade issue with the United States, while U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said a tangled dispute with Mexico over cross-border trucking and California Christmas trees might resolve itself next year. Welcoming Cabinet-level Mexican and Canadian trade officials to the city where he served as mayor, Kirk said language that removed funding for the Mexican truck program has been restored in next year’s budget bill. “We won’t be handcuffed by prohibitory language,” he said. When the border was closed to 500 U.S.-certified trucks in a pilot program, ….Read More
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