Posted on 07/06/2011 3:05:18 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. and Mexican officials signed an agreement Wednesday allowing each country's trucks to traverse the other's highways, implementing a key provision of the North American Free Trade Agreement after nearly two decades of bickering.
Transportation secretaries Ray LaHood and Dionisio Perez-Jacome signed the three-year memorandum, which is based on an agreement announced in March by Presidents Barack Obama and Felipe Calderon.
NAFTA, signed in 1994, had called for Mexican trucks to have unrestricted access to highways in border states by 1995 and full access to all U.S. highways by January 2000. Canadian trucks have no limits on where they can go.
But until now, Mexican trucks have seldom been allowed farther than a buffer zone on the U.S. side of the border. In retaliation, Mexico had imposed higher tariffs on dozens of U.S. products.
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have the lawmakers actually observed mexican truck driver habits and their rigs? like sudden lane changes, occupying the hammer lane at 55mph (and then using their truck as a weapon against anyone flashing hibeams at them), and inoperative equipment like turn signals and brake lights? And where’s the independently-run random Drug testing program for Mexican drivers like Canadian and American drivers are subjected to? What about compliance with the air-quality regs that are keeping national truckers from driving in California, making them drop their trailers at the Cally border for other “compliant” trucks to take?
Why do I feel like America is a tree that everyone wants the fruit from, but noone wants to water or weed?
I just love the claims of reciprocity that will “allow” American trucks into mexico.
I know a guy running a route between Kuwait City and Mosul and he says you couldn’t pay him enough to drive a truck into Mexico.
California, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and Oregon - no matter how much of ‘Old Mexico’, or Azatlan, Mexico seizes, it will choke them to death.
Spain couldn’t even deal effectively with raiding Indians in those areas during the early 1800s. Mexico will continue to fail because they can’t admit failure is their fault - not the fault of the U.S.A.
Yes. They’re regularly overweight. Not by a little bit, either. Often they’re loaded up to about 110K.
The Spanish held Niles Michigan for a few days, I’m surprised they aren’t trying to claim everything between there and Mexico.
If a MexTruck pulls up to the border and doesn't meet the standards, the US doesn't have to let the truck in.
But that is not what happend.
The US said that Mexican trucks, collectively, were not to the same standard as US trucks, collectively.
Thus the US didn't have to allow the MexTrucks in.
The arbitration panel said that was a violation of NAFTA, and awarded Mexico sanctioned retaliation.
They’ve been trying to do this for years. I recall Congressman Brian Bilbray (CA), fought it because Mexican standards for divers, truck maintenance are pathetic.
There are plastic bottles filled with urine all over the country from OUR truck drivers. People driving mowers on the interstate have been complaining about it for years.
I’ve been in Mexico many times, and I have seen many many terrible trailer truck accidents there. Not sure why, but they are definitely doing something different there than we do.
Haha! Reminds me of my brother and his liberal roommate. His liberal roommate would fill the shelves with foods like tofu, artificial hamburgers, organic cheese, etc. My brother would fill his shelves with Capn Crunch, pizza, ice cream, etc.
The liberal had the communist view and would always help himself to my poor brother’s stuff and would say “hey, you can help yourself to my food if you want”
My mother carried a portable in her truck when she drove.
Great. Now we can expect American trucking firms to go under as traitorous scum like Wal Mart move their distribution centers to Mexico just so they can use cheap Mexican drivers to haul their loads.
How long before unqualified/unlicensed Mexican truck drivers begin causing accidents, mayhem, and death on American roads?
I wonder if those Mexican trucks will get hijacked and destroyed?
Like chickens voting for Col. Sanders
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Looks like more deadly truck accidents along the I10 corridor in Southern California. I have seen their version of big rigs. Don’t think I would want to risk my life driving one.
If the California Highway Patrol truck safety stations are busy now with US truck inspections, just wait until these Mexican trucks start to roll. But in this new world, maybe Obama will tell Brown to instruct the CHP inspectors to pass all Mexican trucks. Hey, let the US simply close its eyes to one more threat.
NAFTA, signed in 1994, had called for Mexican trucks to have unrestricted access to highways in border states by 1995 and full access to all U.S. highways by January 2000. Canadian trucks have no limits on where they can go.At last, pot, cocaine, and heroin prices will come down. Whew.
Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner! The Drug War is over and we lost. Obama,Calderon and the cartels have pulled off a coup de tat while we watched 24 hr non-stop Casey Anthony trial coverage.
Been waiting for that to happen for years, and it hasn't happened yet.
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