US law sparks Mexican trade row (BBC) {truck safety inspections}

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Mexico will impose higher tariffs on a range of US goods in retaliation for a "protectionist" law passed in the US, Mexico's economy secretary has said.

Last week the US government stopped a pilot scheme which had allowed Mexican lorries to use roads in the US.

Gerardo Ruiz Mateos said the decision violated a free-trade deal between the nations and said higher tariffs would affect $2.4bn (£1.7bn) worth of goods.

The US government promised to work on a new lorry programme.

Mr Ruiz Mateos said the US decision broke a provision of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta), signed in 1994, which was supposed to have opened cross-border transportation by January 2000.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7947428.stm




This has been boing back and forth for a few months now. I hope Obama comes down against letting uninspected trucks on US highways.