[businessprofessor]

I am supportive of reasonable safety regulations, inspections, and driver training. I am not in favor of unsafe Mexican trucks and drivers. There is a legitimate question about enforcement. I am persuaded that states will enforce safety regulations if the federal government does not.

This agreement is asymmetrical regarding driver access. Access to Mexico by US drivers is difficult because of the condition of Mexican roads and lawlessness. I think that Mexico should be pressured to improve law enforcement on their roads. I am not sure improvement is possible given the chaos in Mexico.

I could be persuaded to oppose this agreement if there is not reasonable enforcement of safety standards and American trucks do not get fair access to Mexican roads.

[Earthdweller]

May I suggest that safety be heralded as of paramount importance in any discussion of our borders. It’s difficult to stay focused on the fact that we are waging two separate wars at once, one being an economic “war” that elites are well aware of. The other being in the forefront of the majority of most everyone else’s mind, will predictable dominate any attempt at educating the general public about our economic risks, let alone any attempt to pass related legislation.

[DoughtyOne]

Let me ask you a question. Just how many trucks do you forsee going south from the U.S. into Mexico, when U.S. wages will be anywhere from three to five times higher? It seems a given to me than unless U.S. wages dropped by 60 to 80%, that no U.S. trucks would be hired to go into Mexico.

[stephenjohnbanker]

“I could be persuaded to oppose this agreement if there is not reasonable enforcement of safety standards”

Ain’t gonna happen.

“and American trucks do not get fair access to Mexican roads.”

YOU drive valuable merchandise into Mexico.....American truckers know better.