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Obama reverses policy regarding Mexican rigs |
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Wednesday, 01 April 2009 |
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President Obama has announced intentions to create a new trucking project that will meet the legitimate concerns of the U.S. under the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA. The Obama administration's decisions to allow Mexican long-haul rigs to drive throughout the United States is a setback for labor unions who supported Obama during the election because of his promise to renegotiate NAFTA in order to preserve U.S. jobs. This change of heart policy also afffectes Democrats in Congress who had fought hard to stop the project motivated by concerns that Mexican trucks do not conform with US. safety regulations.
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Thursday, 05 October 2006 |
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The NAFTA superhighway, is an interstate route from Mexico to Canada thorugh the United States, featuring an enlarged I-35 from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico up to Canada through San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas, then through Kansas City, Minneapolis and Duluth, for about 1,600 miles while the I-69 will reach as far as Michigan and into Canada. The superhighway will be 1,200 feet wide with 6 lanes for cars, 4 for trucks and a rail line in the middle. Most goods will come from new Mexican ports on the Pacific Coast.Critics say that the superhighway means U.S. truckers get replaced by Mexican drivers, more unsafe rigs on American roads and more drivers relying on drugs during long hauls.
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