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Mexican Trucks on US Highways
The North American Free Trade Agreement gives U.S. and Mexican trucks free range in each other’s countries, but the U.S. has refused to implement it for fourteen years. President Bush has started a pilot program, and the first Mexican truck delivered a load of steel in North Carolina on Monday. Now Congress is trying to put on the brakes. Tonight we’ll hear about traffic safety, the environment, homeland security, and international treaties.
By Warren Olney • • 30m ListenThe North American Free Trade Agreement gives U.S. and Mexican trucks free range in each other’s countries, but the U.S. has refused to implement it for fourteen years. President Bush has started a pilot program, and the first Mexican truck delivered a load of steel in North Carolina on Monday. Now Congress is trying to put on the brakes. Tonight we’ll hear about traffic safety, the environment, homeland security, and international treaties.
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Both houses of Congress want to keep Mexican trucks off U.S. highways, despite the provisions of NAFTA , the North American Free Trade Agreement, passed fourteen years ago. President Bush has already started a pilot program, but opponents in both parties say it’s a risk to traffic safety, the environment and homeland security.
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