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From the article:

A September 2009 report by the Chamber of Commerce estimated if the U.S. did not implement the NAFTA trucking provisions, "the impact on U.S. employment ... coupled with Mexican retaliation equals 25,600 jobs.” The report also estimated that the suspension of the program has caused “U.S. exports to decline by $2.6 billion.”

This is the tariff retaliation they are talking about. Real numbers. Real people. Right now. Sorry you didn't notice it.

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First, let me say that this was a treaty approved by the United States. We can't then go pick and choose what parts of the treaty we're going to follow. If they don't like the trucking provisions then withdraw from the treaty. Trash it. We did it with the ABM treaty. Just pull the plug.

Can't argue with you on that. Of course if we're going to refuse to live by a treaty we've made we can expect that the other party to the treaty will retaliate. I am laughing at the Mexicans for such a useless gesture as a retaliatory tariff which hurts their own citizens. If you absolutely insist on taking their gesture seriously, I'll have to laugh at you too. So stop insisting.

As for the Chamber of Commerce they want the full 48 state NAFTA trucking program, so I put no reliance on any of their statistics. And they ignore the costs of unsafe Mexican trucks in dead, injured, and property damage, which tab will have to be picked up by Americans, because the Mexicans sure won't. But maybe that doesn't bother you.

Real numbers. Real people. Right now. Sorry you didn't notice it.

Nonsense. Real people have names and addresses. List them. All 25,600 of them. Can't do that? Then name 1,000 of them.

The Chamber of Commerce does not have the American people's back on this issue. Believe them at your peril.