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Hoffa rejects responsiblity for job losses over Mexican truck dispute
n Tuesday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a report that looked at the effect of three trade actions/inactions by the Administration are having and will have on American workers. One of the three actions concerned the failure to implement NAFTA...
OIG Report – Political aims keep a deal idling slowly
The federal government has prompted yet another delay in the implementation of a NAFTA provision that allows Mexican truckers to bring cargo from that country to U.S. markets. Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, that provision should have...
NAFB – “DOT Issues Report on Mexican Truck Safety”
a href=”http://brianallmerradionetwork.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/09-04-09-the-nafbs-national-ag-news-as-heard-inside-the-barns-morning-ag-news/”>AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION A new report from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s In...
OIG Final Report – FMCSA substantially met all Mexican Safety criteria of 350(c)
nce again, the latest report from the USDOT Office of Inspector General, verifies, substantiates and conclusively proves all that Mexico Trucker Online has reported about the safety of Mexican trucks and participants in the Cross Border Pilot Program...
Blogging the scene at the Otay Mesa border crossing
It’s been almost 10 years since I’ve had the opportunity to deliver a load here in the San Diego area, and the changes are enormous. The old 76 fuel stop on 905 where we used to fight for the few parking spaces in the dirt has that area f...
Mexican Truck issue back on the radar again.
The Three Amigos summit last weekend in Guadalajara should have brought some news of the Obama’s administration’s efforts to reinstate the wrongfully terminated cross border trucking program and replace it with a permanent solution which ...
Truckers News – Calderon to press Obama for resolution to Mexico truck dispute
WASHINGTON — Mexican President Felipe Calderon will press President Barack Obama Sunday for a quick resolution to a cross-border trucking dispute that prompted Mexico to retaliate on $2.4 billion of U.S. goods, a news agency reported today. “...
U.S Business fed up with Obama Administration’s inaction on Mexican Trucks
.S. business groups are growing increasingly frustrated with President Barack Obama’s failure to resolve a cross-border trucking dispute with Mexico they say has threatened thousands of American jobs. “We’ve got companies that are r...
NATSO TRUCKERS NEWS – Roads to Common Ground
I was pleasantly surprised to pick up the July 2009 issue of NATSO TRUCKERS NEWS yesterday and read the article titled ROADS TO COMMON GROUND This article independently verifies and validates much of what I’ve preached on this site for much of ...
New Rules for Mexican Trucks on the way to Capitol Hill
he WASHINGTON TIMES is reporting that guidelines to allow Mexican trucks renewed access is going through the pipeline and headed to Congress for approval “The proposal has been through the interagency process … and it is ready to go to th...
Mexican trucks could roll again as soon as June
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said the United States could reopen its roads to Mexican trucks as soon as next month, Speaking at a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, LaHood said that Mexico’s levying of billions in tariff’s ...
Revisiting some of the myths about Mexican trucks, Mexican drivers and the Cross Border programs
As the Obama administration prepares to keep their promise to fulfill our obligations under the NAFTA agreement, concerning cross border trucking with Mexico, I thought it was time to revisit some of the misinformation and distortions the opposition ...
[HR-1611] Bill introduced in Congress to Amend FY09 Omnibus Appropriations Bill
From the most unlikely of corners, American heroes and Patriots emerge. Rep. Jeff Flake , R-Ariz., introduced legislation March 19 (HR 1611) that would restart the pilot truck program. He said that would bring the United States into compliance with N...
President Obama - Tell Jimmy Hoffa to kiss your ass and do the right thing!
The truck drivers’ argument that Mexican trucks are unsafe is spurious — a flimsy cover for protectionism. Data from the Department of Transportation show that Mexican trucks and drivers operating in the United States — along the border and in ...
U.S. plans to map out new Mexican truck project
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration will try to reinvent a program to allow Mexican trucks full access to U.S. highways. An 18-month pilot program that allowed a few Mexican trucks beyond a border buffer zone died when President Barack Obama sign...
Mexican Cross Border Program likely to end, for now!
Further signs of the deterioration of America’s society and values were evident Tuesday night with the passage of the pork laden FY09 Omnibus Appropriations Bill that funds the government through September 09. Based on lies and misrepresentatio...
Senate Vote on FY09 Omnibus Spending Bill delayed at least a week!
Breaking news from The Washington Times Senate Democrats beat back a series of Republican proposed changes to a $410 billion omnibus spending bill Thursday, but they couldn’t muster enough votes to block more amendments as final consideration w...
LaHood won’t challenge Congressional efforts to end Mexico truck project
According to The Trucker, The U.S. Department of Transportation will make no attempt to stop Sen. Byron Dorgan’s effort to kill the Cross Border Demonstration Project. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has indicated he will not stand in the ...
Highlights of the final DOT Office of Inspector General report on Cross Border Trucking
The final report issued by the Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General on the Mexican Cross Border Program was made public on Tuesday, and there were no surprises in the report. Once again, the Inspector General has validated all tha...
Hoffa Praises Proposal to Ban Unsafe Mexican Trucks
I’l ask the same question I asked about Mark Reddig of OOIDA last week! How stupid does he think people are? This headline coming from PRNEWSWIRE, which is a pay for print news service. In other words, it doesn’t have to be the truth, bu...
Does OOIDA’s Mark H. Reddig think we’re all as stupid as he sounds?
Most of us have heard Mark H. Reddig who hosts the OOIDA Landlinenow hour on XM radio, and know him as one who at times, has problems with reality and truth backed by facts, and this is one of those times. Reddig writes on the Landlinenow blog. In M...
The Heritage Foundation - Expanding Cross-Border Trucking with Mexico Benefits American Consumers
Although the Teamsters talk about safety, their real agenda is not to promote safer roads but to protect themselves from increased competition. The real agenda of their congressional allies is to thwart full implementation of a successful trade agree...
DeFazio believes Mexico truck program will be halted by executive order - Yawwwn!
WASHINGTON — Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., believes that a single stroke of the pen can end the Cross Border Demonstration Project and he’s hoping that President-elect Barack Obama or another high-ranking administration official will pull the plug ...
Mexico years ahead of US on medical requirements for commercial drivers
The Mexican Cross Border Pilot Program enters it 13 month without incident, accident or serious safety violations, the FMCSA has a medical review committee trying to rewrite the requirements for CDL medical examiners and the critics of the Pilot Prog...
USDOT-OIG report NOT a condemnation of Mexican Cross Border Program nor Mexican Trucks in general
On September 24, 2008, the USDOT Office of Inspector General issued an audit report entitled REPORT ON THE SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY OF FMCSA’S REVIEW OF CANADIAN/MEXICAN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS. Of course OOID...
Proponents of Mexican Cross Border Truck Program continue to fight for what’s right
The House has made it veto-proof clear: The controversial pilot program allowing big Mexican trucks to cross the U.S. border and travel into the country must end. The Senate has yet to act, though. And Mexico and its U.S. big-business allies are ra...
[EDITORIAL] Teamsters scare mongering on NAFTA & Mexican Trucks
The home team trails in the third quarter as the underdog visitors steadily advance the ball. Coaches are nervous; fans are grumbling. Desperate for a turnaround, the home team announces a surprise rule change: From now on, the visitors are banned fr...
Opposition to Cross Border Truck program has nothing to do with safety or security concerns
Those who have followed the debate on the Mexican Cross Border Program, might have noticed as time passed, Todd Spencer and OOIDA for example kept changing their reasons for opposing FMCSA Cross Border Program. First it was “Safety issues”...
“Politically Expedient Protectionism” - More support for the Cross Border Pilot Program
Congress deals blow to trade with reversal on Mexican trucks Does the 110th Congress believe it must honor the nation’s treaty obligations? Apparently not. The House voted 395-18 Tuesday to close the southern border to Mexican long-haul trucks, ef...
ASU Professor creates program to train Mexican Drivers and Inspectors
A controversial one-year pilot program that has allowed Mexican trucks to travel throughout the United States was supposed to end over the weekend, but instead, will likely move forward. That has an Arizona State University business professor working...
