NAFTA TRUCKS Archive
NAFTA Cross-border Trucking Case Resources
Statements
- (8/14/08)- Bush Administration Defies Congress, Extends Dangerous Cross-Border Truck Pilot Project for Two More Years
- (1/7/08)- Bush Administration Flouts Law on NAFTA Trucks Pilot Program, Boosts Number of Carriers on U.S. Roads
- (12/7/07)- Bush Stealthily Authorizes Full Access to U.S. Roads for Even More Mexico-Based NAFTA Trucks
- (11/14/07)- House Vote to Cut Off Funding for Bush’s Reckless NAFTA Trucks Program Is Important Step for Safety
- (9/12/07)- Senate Vote to Halt Dangerous NAFTA Trucks Pilot Program Puts Brakes on Bush Administration’s Latest Threat to Highway Safety
- (9/7/07)- Bush Administration Ignores Safety, Presses Ahead With Dangerous NAFTA Trucks Pilot Program
- (9/6/07)- Chairman Oberstar’s Statement On USDOT’s Cross-Border Pilot Program Initiation
- (9/2/07)- Court Denial of Emergency Motion in NAFTA Trucks Case a Disappointment
- (3/22/07)- Senate Amendment to Appropriations Bill Would Require Bush Administration to Comply with Safety Requirements for NAFTA Trucks Pilot Project
- (11/27/02)- Taking the Low Road: Bush Administration Tries to Slip Controversial Mexican Truck Decision Under Radar Screen; Safety Problems Remain
- (9/1/01)- Statement of Daphne Izer, Founder and Co-Chairperson Parents Against Tired Truckers (P.A.T.T.)
- (7/8/01)- Concerning Cross-Border Truck and Bus Operations to the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- (7/12/01)- Mexican Truck Vote Goes Far in Protecting United States Motorists
- (2/2001)- The Coming NAFTA Crash: The Deadly Impact of a Secret NAFTA Tribunal’s Decision to Open U.S. Highways to Unsafe Mexican Trucks
- (9/28/00)- NAFTA Attack on Public Safety: Will NAFTA Order the U.S. to Expose the Public to Deadly Threat of Unsafe Truck
Articles
- (12/26/07)- Congress kills funding for NAFTA trucks pilot
- (9/10/07)- DORGAN OFFERS AMENDMENT TO STOP MEXICAN TRUCK PILOT PROGRAM
- (8/29/07)- Groups Sue to Block NAFTA Truck Pilot Program
- (6/20/07)- Bush Administration Mexico-Domiciled Truck Pilot Program Endangers Safety, Disregards Federal Laws
- (5/25/07)- Congress Votes to Require Bush Administration’s NAFTA Trucks Proposal to Comply With Congressional Safety Mandates
- (5/15/07)- House Votes to Require Bush Administration’s NAFTA Trucks Proposal to Comply With Congressional Safety Mandates
- (5/2/07)- House Committee Votes to Preserve Congress’s Role in Upholding Safety Requirements for Mexico-Domiciled Trucks Pilot Program
- (4/22/07)- Public Citizen Sues Government Agencies to Stop Illegal Pilot Project That Would Give Mexico-Domiciled Trucks Full Access to U.S.Highways
- (2/8/07)- Don’t Open U.S.Highways to Mexico-Domiciled Trucks Under Fake Pilot Project, Public Citizen Urges Congress
- (6/7/04)- Supreme Court Ruling in Mexico-Domiciled NAFTA Trucks Case Is a Loss for Communities on Both Sides of U.S.-Mexico Border
- (7/8/01)- Bush Administration’s Proposals for Mexican Trucks Inadequate, Would Allow Unsafe Vehicles on U.S. Roads, Public Citizen Tells Lawmakers
- (2/7/01)- Recent Mexican Trucking Rules Do Not Solve Serious Safety Hazards: NAFTA Ruling Could Expose U.S. Public to Dangerous Cross-Border Trucks
- (2/6/01)- Grave Danger Posed by Unsafe Mexican Trucks; U.S. Should Maintain Limited Access to U.S. Highways
- (11/29/00)- NAFTA Truck Ruling Imperils U.S. Public Safety
Fact Sheets
- MEXICAN TRUCKS FACT SHEET: In Mexican Truck Debate, Safety Is the Only Issue
- Separating Fact From Fiction: Red Herrings in Debate Over Opening the Border to Mexican Trucks
- Get Your Important News Safety Device Here: Administration Spin Deflector
- NAFTA Superhighway/SPP: The Truth is Stranger Than Fiction
- Testimony of Tom “Smitty” Smith on Concerns Related to Opening the Border to Mexico-Domiciled Long-haul Trucking Operations
Legislation
- Safety Groups Respond to the Administration’s Analysis of Section 343 of S. 1178
- Mexican Trucks Senate Vote Chart
- FACTS AND FICTION ABOUT CROSS-BORDER MEXICAN TRUCKING REQUIREMENTS
- Implementation of NAFTA Trucking Provisions In H.R. 2299 U.S. Department of Transportation Appropriations Bill
- Text of Murray/Shelby Provision
- Sierra Club, Public Citizen, et al versus Dept of Transportation
Letters
- (1/7/08)- Sierra Club et al versus Dept of Transportation DeFazio and Oberstar to Dept of Transportation
- (5/31/07)- Comments on Demonstration Project on NAFTA Trucking Provisions, Request for Comments, 72 FR 23883, Docket No. FMCSA-2007-28055
- (7/27/05)– Claybrook, et al to Dept of Transportation
- (12/7/05)- Lautenberg to Dept of Transportation
- (8/13/04)- Claybrook, et al to Dept of Transportation
- (7/23/01)– Consumer and Safety Groups Support Murray/Shelby Provisions in S.1178 on NAFTA Truck Safety Oppose Weakening Amendments
Studies
- The Coming NAFTA Crash: The Deadly Impact of a Secret NAFTA Tribunal’s Decision to Open U.S. Highways to Unsafe Mexican Trucks
- North American Free Trade Agreement Arbitral Panel Established Pursuant to Chapter Twenty in the Matter of Cross-Border Trucking Services