The communications minister in Mexico asks that it be maintained
The head of the Ministry of Communications and Transportation in Mexico (SCT), Luis Téllez, stated that the Cross-Border Transportation Program with the US is working well and expressed the importance of the US Congress maintaining its funding in 2008.
Téllez, who met with US representatives and senators at the Mexican embassy in Washington, said that the alleged effects of the program causing "major disruptions in transportation" had not occurred in any way.
The demonstration program seeks to determine the impact in the US of the full implementation of the cross-border transport clause of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that allows partners full access to the three markets.
Although the program envisions the participation of 100 companies from both countries, so far only five Mexican and three American companies have been authorized.
Although President George Bush threatened to veto the bill, partly because of the clause against cross-border transport, Téllez has met with legislators to try to get the congressmen not to block the funds.
In addition, the Transportation Expenditure Bill passed by the U.S. Senate included an amendment freezing funding for the pilot program for Mexican trucks entering the country for fiscal year 2008. It is now in a conciliation conference.
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