On Apr 5, 7:34=A0am, "johnny@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <johnny@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 4/2/2008
>
> Major meat processing companies joined other agricultural interests in
> urging Congress to resist efforts to shut down the Department of
> Trans****tation's Cross Border Trucking Pilot Program with Mexico.
>
> Under the pilot program started last year, Mexican trucks can now enter
> the United States. In 2001, a North American Free Trade Agreement
> dispute settlement panel ruled that blanket exclusion of Mexican
> trucking firms violated U.S. obligations under NAFTA.
>
> Congress, however, attached a rider to the 2008 appropriations bill
> intended to stop the administration's pilot program by pulling its
> funding. Earlier this month, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) called for an
> investigation into why the program was continuing.
>
> In a letter sent to all members of Congress, agricultural interests
> expressed concern that if the pilot program did not continue, Mexico
> could retaliate to the tune of $2 billion in lost trade annually, which
> would include U.S. agricultural ex****ts such as beef, ****k and poultry.
>
> Highway safety has been the main argument against cross border trucking
> with Mexico.
>
> The letter was signed by dozens of companies and associations, including
> Hormel Foods, Smithfield Foods, Tyson Foods, Cargill Inc., American Meat
> Institute, National ****k Producers Council and U.S. Meat Ex****t
Federation=
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>
> Source: Janie Gabbett on 4/2/2008 for
Meatingplace.comhttp://www.cattlenet=
work.com/content.asp?contentid=3D210078
The AgBus whores are running neck and neck with the Chamber of
Commerce in
the selling out of America.
alex
http://www.numbersusa.com/
Numbers USA
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