Mexico sends 1st long-haul trucks to US (Two delivered payloads in New York and South Carolina)
AP on Yahoo ^ | 9/9/07 | Lisa J. Adams - ap
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Posted on 09/09/2007 6:48:59 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
MEXICO CITY - Two Mexican tractor-trailers have delivered payloads in New York and South Carolina, becoming the first trucks to operate deep in the United States under a long-delayed, NAFTA-mandated program criticized on both sides of the border.
The trucks, operated by Transportes Olympic, a company based outside the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, crossed into the United States carrying steel construction materials and will haul similar products from Arkansas and Alabama back across the border, Mexican Transportation Secretary Luis Tellez said Sunday.
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