* USA - We should treat both of our NAFTA partners, Canada and Mexico, equally

2007/06/06 15:01

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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was supposed to give Mexican truckers full and free access to U.S. highways. But 13 years after the agreement took effect, Mexican truckers are still stuck in idle, barred from making deliveries outside U.S. commercial zones that extend roughly 25 miles along the border... Under the original schedule, NAFTA would have opened U.S. roadways to both Canadian and Mexican truckers on Jan. 1, 2000... The benefits of NAFTA are pretty clear. In 2006, imports and exports between the United States and Canada totaled $534 billion, and U.S.-Mexico trade

* USA - We should treat both of our NAFTA partners, Canada and Mexico, equally

totaled $332 billion. Every day, $2.4 billion in trade moves between the three countries... In spite of those demonstrated benefits, the outcry from politicians and special interest groups continues... Safety should be our foremost consideration, and in my opinion, the DOT pilot program more than adequately addresses it. If that does not prove to be the case, we can deal with it then; but let's not create a safety or environmental straw man simply to satisfy special interest groups...