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Mexico and the United States have been locked in a
long-running dispute over granting Mexican truckers unlimited
access to the United States, and a bilateral accord in 2011 set
in motion a pilot program to phase out existing restrictions.
Mexican transport associations say U.S. curbs mean most truckers
cannot deliver goods throughout the United States and must
unload their cargo in border regions, putting them at a
disadvantage to U.S. competitors who have access to Mexico.
U.S. curbs have persisted in spite of the 1994 North American
Free Trade Agreement between Mexico, Canada and the United
States, which in theory allows Mexico's truckers to engage in
long-haul operations inside the United States.
In a statement, the Mexican ministry said a pilot program had
achieved its objectives and that the U.S. government would soon
be ready to consider requests from Mexican trucking companies to
be granted access to all of the United States.
(Reporting by Dave Graham and Veronica Gomez; Editing by Jeffrey
Benkoe)
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