01/04/2009  Posted by PMC at 07:44 on 01/04/2009 Comments Off
USA Today - Mexican truck ban hurts U.S. exporters, consumers

Another undeniable truth by USA Today editorial staff. There’s an old maxim that if all the world’s economists were laid end-to-end, they would still not reach a conclusion. Yet if there’s one thing economists agree on, it’s that high tariffs and protectionist policies made the Great Depression far worse. That’s why it’s particularly troubling, at this precarious economic moment, that the U.S. and Mexico are engaged in an entirely avoidable trade war. The spark is whether Mexican long-haul truckers can deliver goods inside the USA, something the North American Free Trade Agreement promised they could do in border states by ….Read More

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