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To: lorne who wrote (47412)	1/24/2000 3:23:00 PM
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OT(?) Trucking News: * It's official - the Clinton Administration is keeping the U.S. closed to Mexican trucks despite the Jan. 1 deadline of the North American Free Trade Agreement. See truckinginfo.com. * French trucking company owners blockaded roads at the border Monday and Tuesday as they protested high fuel prices and a controversial new law shortening the work week to 35 hours. The French government worked out a deal to end the roadblocks, but truck drivers aren't happy with the compromise and are threatening their own strike for Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, when the new law goes into effect. See the International News section at truckinginfo.com for more. * New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman yesterday signed a bill putting teeth into the state's ban on out-of-state trucks on secondary roads -- $400 for the first offense, $700 for the second, and $1,000 for subsequent violations. John Bendel has the story from New Jersey at truckinginfo.com * California's largest clean air agency believes state and federal regulations are moving too slowly to protect public health and has announced a radical plan to force the rapid conversion of thousands of trucks to cleaner fuels. For details, go to truckinginfo.com