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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Dec. 21, 2007

Attempt to Limit Mexican Trucking in U.S. Masks Union Agenda

Forum Column - By Daniel Griswold - Opponents of a NAFTA provision that is intended to allow American and Mexican truckers to make deliveries across the border are using security arguments to mask a more sinister motive.

FORUM COLUMN

By Daniel Griswold

      Mexican truck drivers have been unfairly denied access to U.S. highways for more than a decade by a wall of prejudice.
      The North American Free Trade Agreement was supposed to allow qualified American and Mexican truckers to make deliveries across the border, but opponents have exploited safety fears to block implementation. The delay in meeting our commitme...

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