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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (3855)	6/27/2001 3:01:04 PM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93284

We should trade freely, but Mexican trucks should meet the same safety requirements as American trucks. Everyone will agree with that statement, except maybe for Mexico. But Bush wants to allow the trucks in January and the GOP House wants to wait until they meet the same safety requirements. I also think it's really cool that we have James Hoffa and the Teamsters on board with us. On board with "us"? You mean it's really cool that the Teamster's support the House measure and oppose the Bush position. jttmab

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (3855)	6/28/2001 7:17:37 AM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 93284

I was doing a bit more reading this morning on the subject Mexico... there is a follow up story off the Reuters .... Bush Will Seek Reversal From Reuters at 10:54 AM President Bush is disappointed in a House vote to prohibit Mexican trucks from greater access to U.S. roads and will seek to reverse it, the White House said Wednesday. The House approved a measure late Tuesday to force Mexican trucks to first meet American safety standards before they are allowed more access to American highways. Passage of the amendment, sought by Democrats, was unexpected and unless reversed will confound Bush administration plans to open U.S. highways to Mexican trucks next January under the terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement, known as NAFTA. "The president thinks the action is wrong and is going to work to reverse it," said White House spokesman Ari Fleischer. Mexican trucks are now confined to narrow commercial zones in border states where they transfer their goods to U.S. haulers.

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (3855)	6/28/2001 7:25:04 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

A couple of extracts the go directly to your interest in safey from yestderday's article: House Acts To Block Mexican Trucks The Transportation Department [Bush Administration] proposed that Mexican trucking companies file paperwork attesting to the vehicles' safety record before they enter the country and Democrats and some Republicans argued that even an expanded inspection system could not sufficiently monitor Mexican trucks that were not fit to travel on U.S. roads. They noted that nearly 40 percent of Mexican trucks that are now stopped at the border fail a physical inspection. "NAFTA is a trade pact, it is not a suicide pact," said Rep. David R. Obey (D-Wis.). "We are not required to put our motorists at risk in order to satisfy some international bureaucracy." and ... Supporters of the administration's policy responded that the United States had an obligation to open its border to Mexico under NAFTA, which groups the United States, Mexico and Canada in a free-trade zone. "This is about blocking Mexican trucks from coming into the United States," said Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.). "This is not about safety. This is about paperwork." jttmab