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Trucking.(Free Trade Agreement, 1992, United States-Canada-Mexico)
Ready or not, Mexican trucks are coming to the United States. NAFTA mandated that the roads of all three signatory nations be open to trucks from all three countries, but safety concerns have kept Mexican trucks confined to a narrow corridor along the border. Now a "pilot program" of the
Department of Transportation would give Mexican drivers from 100 approved Mexican trucking companies access to the entire country.
It's a move that is supposed to be good for business, but it is really part of the plan to increase the tonnage of shipping handled by Mexican ports and to move that freight through Mexico into the United States by means of NAFTA ...
- Rules issued to require Mexican drivers to meet safety standards....
- Newspaper article from: Drug Detection Report March 21, 2002 700+ words
...carriers operating back and forth from the United States must comply with the same safety inspections...who apply to operate anywhere in the United States will have a distinctive USDOT number...that Mexican carriers operating in the United States have a drug and alcohol testing ...
- UNITED STATES: NAFTA TRUCKING FREEDOM DELAYED
- News wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire December 21, 1995 700+ words
...The government of the United States has decided to delay the...movement, claiming that the Mexican drivers are not as well trained...The IBT claims that the Mexican drivers offer unfair competition...He said the skill of the Mexican drivers was renowned, adding that...
- Opening the border. (in sites).(United States/Mexican trucking)(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: Plants Sites & Parks May 1, 2002 700+ words
...immediately flood into the United States, putting U.S. truck...applied to operate in the United States. And Mexico has only...million operating in the United States. Truckload carriers...eventually lead to Mexican drivers dominating the industry...
- Appeals Court Bars Mexican Trucks from United States.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News January 17, 2003 700+ words
...Congress in 1982 said the United States no longer would accept...signed in 1992, the United States was supposed to drop...passengers throughout the United States, fulfilling U.S...switch to cheaper Mexican drivers, even before the...
- Transplace Highlights the Affect of NAFTA on United States Exports, Trade with...
- Press release article from: Business Wire September 29, 2009 700+ words
...barrier enforces a grave economic penalty on business in the United States, and even more specifically on Dallas," said Tom Sanderson...as a key issue, but there is overwhelming evidence that Mexican drivers are just as safe as American drivers. During the cross...
- Is this all going South?(COMMENT)
- Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal Crumpley, Charles October 8, 2007 700+ words
...trucks with Mexican drivers are now crossing...continental United States. The new...delivered in the United States by Mexican drivers. Now I admit...trucks and Mexican drivers will be much...destined for the United States and trans...
- Mexican drivers know the track, but Busch cars are new to them.
- Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) March 5, 2005 700+ words
...for Fernandez and the other Mexican drivers, home-field advantage doesn't mean much in racing. Ten Mexican drivers are hoping to thrill the home...43-car field. Some of the Mexican drivers will be among the seven who...
- Mexican motor carriers to be subject to U.S. federal and state laws....
- Newspaper article from: Drug Detection Report December 12, 2002 700+ words
...border services in the United States or provide regular...between Mexico and the United States. "Mexican carriers...to adhering to the United States' drug and alcohol testing requirements, Mexican drivers also will be obliged...
Source: HighBeam Research, Trucking.(Free Trade Agreement, 1992, United States-Canada-Mexico)