Fifteen Years and Counting: U.S. Continues to Violate NAFTA Trucking Articles
Published August 18, 2010 | |
Border Trade Alliance says time is now to resolve cross-border trucking dispute
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SAN ANTONIO – On the heels of Mexico's announcement that it is hiking tariffs on 99 U.S. products accounting for $2.5 billion in trade, the Border Trade Alliance (BTA) today said the time is now for the Obama administration to once and for all resolve the dispute between the United States and Mexico over cross-border trucking under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on two occasions this year said the administration was nearing a proposal that would resolve the trucking matter and put the U.S. in compliance with the NAFTA. Despite the secretary's assurances, a proposal has yet to emerge, prompting Mexico's retaliatory action. In a letter to LaHood and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, the BTA wrote that continued U.S. foot-dragging, "undermines the president's initiative to grow exports as a means to economic vitality and job creation, and it further compromises U.S. credibility in future trade agreement negotiations." "Fifteen years is far too long to be still debating how to comply with the NAFTA trucking articles," BTA President Nelson Balido said. "The U.S. government should not be surprised by Mexico's frustration. Mexico's decision to slap these tariffs on more U.S. goods is not only legal, it's understandable. The time is now to resolve this issue and give U.S. exporters a break." # # #
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