02.13.2008
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| Cross-border trucking program in court's hands
Cross-border trucking program in court's hands
2/13/08 Quote:
A federal appeals court on Tuesday, Feb. 12, considered whether the Bush administration can go ahead with the cross-border pilot trucking program with Mexico despite congressional attempts to stop it. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco heard arguments in the case.
The program, which has been in place since Sept. 6, allows a limited number of Mexican trucking companies to operate beyond the 25-mile commercial zone in the United States. Under a reciprocity agreement with Mexico, the one-year pilot program also allows a limited number of U.S. carriers to operate into Mexico. The Teamsters, Sierra Club and Public Citizen sued the administration in August to try to stop the program, which the United States agreed to as part of the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement.
In December, Congress passed legislation banning funding to “establish” a program that allows U.S.-certified Mexican trucks to carry loads across the border and into the country. But the Department of Transportation argued Tuesday that it interpreted “establish” as meaning to start a new program rather than to stop the current one, which was launched in September.
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Last edited by Cybergal; 02.13.2008 at 04.18 PM.
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