MEXICO TRUCKERS IRATE OVER BORDER INSPECTION LAW, NEW ARB REGS

May 27, 2005
Mexican trucking companies are blasting California's 2004 law requiring trucks entering the state beginning next year to meet U.S. emission standards, saying their operations are being unfairly discriminated against, possibly in violation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), according to sources. The Mexico truckers are also expressing apprehension about new air board regulations that will bolster the state's heavy-duty diesel engine inspections at border crossings, which have been proposed as a backstop should the 2004 law fail a...


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