Obama to address U.S.-Mexico truck tiff

Dan Grech
Marketplace
August 7, 2009

President Obama is headed to Guadalajara, Mexico to speak with his counterparts in Canada and Mexico about the recovery of the auto industry. One topic of discussion, and a particular sore spot, is the issue of cross-border trucking...

...Chris Sabatini is with the Council of the Americas, a business trade group. He says the tariffs are hitting American farmers and manufacturers in 40 states.

Chris Sabatini: There's been over $4 million worth of losses. It really has opened up and undercut a lot of the intended free trade provisions of NAFTA.

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