What Cargo Will Mexican Trucks Bring Across our Borders?

 

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Under the NAFTA free trade agreement, the Mexican trucks are supposed to bring Mexican produce and consumer goods produced in Mexico into the U.S. for sale here. (Note: U.S. trucks and truckers will not benefit equally from "free" trade. U.S. trucks and labor are too costly to operate efficiently in Mexico. And the lawlessness and widespread violence in Mexico make it too risky to send U.S. trucking down there.)

News reports note that even under the provisions that restrict Mexican trucks to a narrow operating zone along the border, there have been big problems with Mexican trucks from even the "most trusted carrier" list bringing in illegal drugs and illegal immigrants. Perhaps you remember this news photo of an X-Ray scan that caught two Mexican trucks smuggling illegal immigrants northward. The news report quotes authorities as saying that there's a huge demand for this type of lucrative service, and it presents little risk to the trucking companies as there are few investigations or convictions.

Strange and shifting cargo can lead to strange and dangerous truck accidents. So you might want to be wary of all the Mexican trucks that will be rolling over our borders under the NAFTA free trade agreement. That "free" trade could cost you a lot. The costs might include lost jobs, increased drug violence or enormous expenses from a truck accident caused by an unsafe Mexican truck or its spilled cargo.

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