San Diego (ap)-Mexico the first carrier rolled into the interior set in a matter of days, but the truck drivers' union and two California Congressman did not stop cross-border freight by security plan, DuoNian to have been stagnant attention and political contests of strength.
U.S. representative Bob Filner hunter and truck drivers join a trade union chairman James khodorkovsky method in border on Wednesday to the two parties will allow the pilot project approval, Mexican trucks to enter the United States to deep position. The first Mexican trucks into Texas day (Friday).
Lawmakers and the law to be surrounded by more than 75 people attended the news conference in crossing a important international truck at least five countries near the San Diego union members. The hunter is the San Diego area republican, and Filner is Democrats, its area including California and Mexico border.
They said, allow Mexico freight company delivered the goods, and not in the shift to the U.S. border truck, will jobs in the United States and highway safety in danger.
Reading "the north American free trade agreement, many holding signs," hunt said: "we literally take good jobs in the United States, and through them, kill people in Mexico done" and "stop to workers' war."
On Friday, the first Mexican trucks approved by Washington, TRANSPORTES Olympic, nearly two years after decades of the 1994 articles in the intense competition of the north American free trade agreement "rising of litigation and expensive trade dispute between the neighbors.
TRANSPORTES Olympic employees busy day (Wednesday), completed its history, virgin preparations for the trip.
JiLieErMo shimon peres said, long-distance truck will cross-border day (Friday) in at Laredo, Texas, about 450 km north Texas galan, head, provide industrial equipment, monterrey suburb in the industry, the company's transportation manager wave dhaka, about to pull more than two hours south of thunder.
He rejected the Mexican truck transportation companies and their driver, do not accord with the safety standards of the claim. He said his company has a strict, random drug testing policy, its 61 drivers in the past two years, it has bought more than ten trucks.
Shimon peres said, U.S. inspectors to check car day (Thursday), will also have a by the U.S. department of transportation has approved the truck driver database,.
"This is a real control program, is there a way to avoid the law," he said. "We really ready for this, this is not my weird, (American truck), some companies are willing to its close, because now they have and we competition."
Shimon peres declined to give his driver to earn how much.
The company also according to the 2009 pilot plan approved former President Obama government cancel it. Mexico revenge, placed in 99 agricultural products is worth more than $2 billion in annual pass tax.
Mexico in this summer's half of the tariff reductions, Obama and Mexican President felipe calderon approved the company has set up a file in the 2009 years of the examination and approval of the monitoring programme. The Mexican government has vowed to remove the card after the headlights, BianJingOu Friday.
"We really excited," perez said. "We can now offer door to door service, to about 15% of the enterprise savings."
Opponents said, the fight is not over yet.
The hunter written jointly sponsored a bill, U.S. Congressman Peter brunello, ore type D. The pilot scheme will stop in three years, it will need to congress on this issue to vote again. Filner said Wednesday, the opponent may have "upgrade" demonstrations, get the Obama government knew that it made a mistake.
"We hope we can stop this before, we have a disaster, Filner said."
Crime has DuoNian even in the United States government's strict carrier of the trust of the scheme is a problem. Drug trafficking organizations from Mexico by check and authentication of the facilities approved the truck driver driving the car, the card drug smuggling tons.
Todd spencer, independent driver association, it represents the independent small truck business executive vice President said, will lose 100000 freight homework. Supporters say, this will stimulate economic growth and to save millions of company, send the goods by the door to door.
The ministry of commerce business center of San Diego Mexico regional chamber of commerce director James clark said, "of course we hope, it can't stop,". "Violation of north American free trade area agreement, the United States has been since the beginning, Mexican trucks freight problem has every right to the north American free trade agreement, as long as the United States into the truck, the thorough examination of the standard and the driver speak English."
They say, especially strict security measures has been put into practice, the United States government has purchased electronic monitoring equipment installation program Mexican trucks, tracking of the route of the driver will go long, they drive and long rest.
Mexican truck company must fill in an application form, pay a fee, and then submit to the name of the driver, so that they can accept by the justice department of homeland security and the national security and criminal background checks.
Breach of security inspector will revision of the truck, verify the driver's qualification, management ability of oral English examination.
The three major freight company already according to the plan, thus pushing the Mexico the green, according to the government of Mexico. But the law says, American truck driver don't want to drive to Mexico, because the country's violent crime problem.
"It is not at this time," he said.
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