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Cybergal · **^ Top** #1 04.02.2008

Meat Companies Urge Congress To Leave Mexico Trucking Program Intact
4/2/08
CattleNetwork, KS

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Major meat processing companies joined other agricultural interests in urging Congress to resist efforts to shut down the Department of Transportation's Cross Border Trucking Pilot Program with Mexico.

Under the pilot program started last year, Mexican trucks can now enter the United States. In 2001, a North American Free Trade Agreement dispute settlement panel ruled that blanket exclusion of Mexican trucking firms violated U.S. obligations under NAFTA.

Congress, however, attached a rider to the 2008 appropriations bill intended to stop the administration's pilot program by pulling its funding. Earlier this month, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) called for an investigation into why the program was continuing.

In a letter sent to all members of Congress, agricultural interests expressed concern that if the pilot program did not continue, Mexico could retaliate to the tune of $2 billion in lost trade annually, which would include U.S. agricultural exports such as beef, pork and poultry.

Highway safety has been the main argument against cross border trucking with Mexico.

The letter was signed by dozens of companies and associations, including Hormel Foods, Smithfield Foods, Tyson Foods, Cargill Inc., American Meat Institute, National Pork Producers Council and U.S. Meat Export Federation.
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content...ntentid=210078

bullhaulerswife · **^ Top** #2 04.02.2008

Are you kidding me? Yeah, I'm not surprised to see Hormel on there. Our plant here gets raided once a year by INS and they fill a bus and ship them back.

danc694u · **^ Top** #3 04.02.2008

Thankfully, the Supreme Court weighed in on this issue last week (treaties signed by our government).

It will now have to come to a full vote within the House & Senate.

We'll continue to see heavy lobbying tactics, and letters like the above, until this matter is settled.

Hopefully, Mexico does retaliate. It will force the issue to come to the floor even faster.

Then we will know WHO has our backs, and who has sold us out.

semi-nutz · **^ Top** #4 04.02.2008

The meat packers just don't want to hire translators for their docks, the drivers will be able to communicate with the employees. At least Mexico hasn't threatened to curtail exports of laborers, that might really hurt American industry.

old-six-pack · **^ Top** #5 04.02.2008

i don't know who is doing the butchering, but have you ever seen a bunch of mexicans butcher a hog???? they stick him with a screwdriver in the heart, then a bunch wresles with the hog trying to hold their finger over the hole so the blood won't flow out . then after the hog finaly dies , they cut the hog open to retrieve the blood to drink... Saw it with my own eyes!!!!!!!

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