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Mexican Trucks Stay Home After 17-Year Push to Open U.S. Border - BusinessWeek
It took 17 years and $2.4 billion in trade tariffs to get the U.S. Transportation Department to let a Mexican long-haul truck cross the border last month. It's unlikely that many more will line up, the head of Mexico's biggest trucking organization said
Different work rules, cost structures, language, and equipment that won't run on the fuel available in the other country are among the non-political barriers preventing the seamless trade envisioned by NAFTA, said Derek Leathers, president and chief operating officer of Werner Enterprises.
It's more efficient to have Mexican drivers working in Mexico, where they know the territories and traffic laws, and U.S. drivers on U.S. routes, Leathers said.
The U.S. legal system will scare some Mexican companies off, said Herb Schmidt, president of Con-way Truckload in Joplin, Missouri. For example, liability in Mexico might be limited to $1,500 per trailer, even if the cargo is worth $1 million, he said. In the U.S., “a million's worth a million,” Schmidt said.
Mexican Trucks Stay Home After 17-Year Push to Open U.S. Border - BusinessWeek
It took 17 years and $2.4 billion in trade tariffs to get the U.S. Transportation Department to let a Mexican long-haul truck cross the border last month. It's unlikely that many more will line up, the head of Mexico's biggest trucking organization said
Different work rules, cost structures, language, and equipment that won't run on the fuel available in the other country are among the non-political barriers preventing the seamless trade envisioned by NAFTA, said Derek Leathers, president and chief operating officer of Werner Enterprises.
It's more efficient to have Mexican drivers working in Mexico, where they know the territories and traffic laws, and U.S. drivers on U.S. routes, Leathers said.
The U.S. legal system will scare some Mexican companies off, said Herb Schmidt, president of Con-way Truckload in Joplin, Missouri. For example, liability in Mexico might be limited to $1,500 per trailer, even if the cargo is worth $1 million, he said. In the U.S., “a million's worth a million,” Schmidt said.
