13/04/2009  Posted by PMC at 13:46 on 13/04/2009 1 Response »
Mexico Will Press Obama to Offer New Trucking Plan

Well people, everything was rational and moving along nicely, even with the lies of James Hoffa and Todd Spencer clouding the issue, but they had to pay back the unions and stop the cross border program. As we know, tariff’s was immediately instituted, American trucks ejected from the country of Mexico and a minor trade skirmish began. This time though, Mexico is not going to sit back and be America’s lackey, taking whatever crumb the politicians throw to them in appeasement. Today it was learned that Mexican President Felipe Calderon will urge President Barack Obama at a meeting this week ….Read More

 
 19/12/2008  Posted by PMC at 08:15 on 19/12/2008 Comments Off
Former Dalllas Mayor Ron Kirk to be Obama's pick for US Trade Representative

The choice of Ron Kirk as the nation’s top trade negotiator disappointed Barack Obama’s union supporters and left trade experts wondering Thursday how hard the president-elect will push against business interests in future deals. Mr. Kirk, the former Dallas mayor and 2002 Senate nominee, is a pro-business Democrat who has been an outspoken booster of NAFTA and the benefits of free trade. But little is known about his views on forcing trading partners to abide by tougher labor and environmental standards, as Mr. Obama promised voters in Ohio and other Rust Belt states. And it’s unclear if putting a free-trade ….Read More

 
 26/11/2008  Posted by PMC at 22:37 on 26/11/2008 Comments Off
Change we can live with - Cecilia Munoz named to top White House staff job

President-elect Barack Obama has named a national Latina leader to a top White House staff job. The Obama transition team today announced the selection of Cecilia Muñoz as his Director of the White House Office for Intergovernmental Affairs. That office directs White House outreach to state and local governments, as well as constituency groups. The Detroit-born Muñoz currently serves as senior vice president for the research, advocacy and legislation at the National Council of La Raza (NCLR). She has been a prominent voice on civil rights issues, education and immigration. Muñoz, 46, is the youngest of four children of parents ….Read More

 
 09/08/2008  Posted by PMC at 18:30 on 09/08/2008 Comments Off
James P Hoffa - Obsessed with Mexican trucks and clueless of the truth

It was no surprise when FMCSA Administrator John Hill extended the Mexican Cross Border Program for another two years, thus beating the opposition at their own game. You see, FMCSA has been calling it a “demonstration program” while the opposition called it a “pilot program” which operates under different requirements, requirements that FMCSA has met. So John Hill, using the oppositions definition of the program, extends it to 3 years as is permitted for a “pilot program”, and Jimmy Hoffa is furious! I’m mad as hell about it, but I’m not surprised. – Jimmy Hoffa – What is Jimmy “mad ….Read More

 
 04/03/2008  Posted by PMC at 14:09 on 04/03/2008 Comments Off
Candidates pander to the electorate over NAFTA

After the vote tallies are in from today’s primary elections in Texas and Ohio, the presidential candidates should stop talking about gutting international trade treaties. Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton supported the North American Free Trade Agreement when campaigning in Texas but promised Ohio voters that they would force Canada and Mexico to renegotiate NAFTA. The reason for two positions on the same subject can be attributed to pandering for votes in Ohio, which has lost manufacturing jobs in recent years, whereas Texas’ economy has grown significantly since Congress approved the NAFTA treaty promoted by former President Clinton. Since ….Read More

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