Cross-Border Trucking: The ‘Soon’ Can’t Come Soon Enough
Reuters, “US to announce Mexico trucking plan soon-LaHood“: WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s adminstration will soon announce its plan to reopen the U.S. border to Mexican trucks...
View ArticleCross-Border Trucking: Manufacturers Face Additional Mexican Tariffs
Mexico’s minister for the economy, Bruno Ferrari, has just announced the Mexican government will be adding to its list of U.S. products subject to retaliatory tariffs resulting from the United States’...
View ArticleCross-Border Trucking: Mexico Retaliates with Tariffs on Pork
The President is expected to highlight export issues in Seattle today when he speaks with small business owners at 11:40 a.m. and then makes a statement to the press. (White House schedule.) We’d be...
View ArticleIn Seattle, a Topic Not Addressed: Cross-Border Trucking
Surprisingly, this week’s hot issue of retaliatory tariffs imposed by Mexico against U.S. farmers and manufacturers appears not to have been mentioned during the President’s trip to Seattle on Tuesday....
View ArticleU.S. Manufacturing Affected by Mexico’s Retaliatory Tariffs
From Bloomberg, “Mexico Puts Tariffs on Some U.S. Pork Cuts in Truck Program Retaliation“: Mexico will impose import tariffs on some U.S. pork cuts, ketchup, cheeses, sweetcorn and some fruits because...
View ArticleThe Impact of Mexican Tariffs on U.S. Manufacturing, Agriculture
Following up Monday’s announcement that the Mexican government would be “carousel-ing” some of the products targeted for retaliation under the cross-border trucking case, the official revised list was...
View ArticleCross-Border Trucking Plan Boosts Manufacturing Exports to Mexico
We can’t say the Mexican trucking dispute is over, but we can now say that, at last, the end appears to be in sight. Almost two years after Mexico imposed retaliatory tariffs on billions of dollars of...
View ArticleMexico’s Calderon Comes to Town, as Trucks Still Stalled
Mexican President Felipe Calderon is in town this week for a brief visit. Mexico is building toward its Presidential elections in July 2012, and the U.S.-Mexico relationship is always an issue in the...
View ArticleBelated U.S.-Mexico Truck Deal Could Lift Tariffs, Boost Exports
President Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced a tentative agreements Thursday under which the United States would finally implement the cross-border trucking program required by U.S....
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