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Retaliation is expected by the Mexican government in response to a decision this week by the U.S. Congress to stop the cross-border trucking pilot program for long-haul Mexican transport companies.A provision included in the all-inclusive omnibus spending bill passed Wednesday cuts funding for the pilot program that began in September. It was an attempt to test a stipulation that is required by the North American Free Trade Agreement that has not yet been implemented. The year-long program planned to allow up to 100 Mexican trucking companies to travel throughout the United States instead of being limited to the 20- to...

Court Will Take Mexican Trucking Case WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed Monday to intervene in a two-decade-old fight over allowing Mexican trucks and buses on U.S. roadways. The court said it will hear an appeal from the Bush administration, which wants to open the border to Mexican trucks without a court-ordered environmental study. The $1.8 million study is expected to take a year or more, further delaying the border opening President Bush ordered last fall over long-standing opposition from U.S. labor, consumer and environmental organizations. The consumer group Public Citizen, the Teamsters and others sued on safety and...

<p>WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration has asked for the Supreme Court's help in a fight over allowing Mexican trucks and buses on U.S. roadways for the first time in two decades.</p> <p>The administration wants to drop a court-ordered environmental study that has delayed the border opening. The $1.8 million study is expected to take a year or more.</p>

HoustonChronicle.com -- http://www.HoustonChronicle.com | Section: Business Sept. 10, 2003, 11:21PM Truck conflict expands Administration asks for high court's help on Mexican vehicles Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration has requested the Supreme Court's help in a fight over allowing Mexican trucks and buses on U.S. roadways for the first time in two decades. The administration wants to drop a court-ordered environmental study that has delayed the border opening. The $1.8 million study is expected to take a year or more. President Bush ordered U.S. highways open to Mexican trucks last fall, despite long-standing opposition from U.S. labor, consumer and environmental organizations....