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By Patrick Wood, Editor
 The Bush administration first initiated the NAFTA policy to allow Mexican trucking companies to operate on U.S. highways. NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) was originally created by U.S. Trade Representative Carla A. Hills, who worked for President George H. W. Bush in 1988. Both were members of the Trilateral Commission.
NAFTA has been disastrous to U.S. jobs and the domestic economy. It is estimated that millions of jobs have been lost since 1991.
NAFTA called for the operation of Mexican trucks in the United States, and the operation of U.S. trucks in Mexico. U.S. trucks generally refuse to enter Mexico because of the extreme danger to life and property.
Now, Obama is dealing with Mexican president Calderon and promises to reinvigorate the Mexican truck program.
As reported by Bloomberg,
"Around 4,500 Mexican trucking companies represented by the
National Freight Transportation Chamber, known as Canacar, said
in June they were seeking $6 billion in compensation from the
U.S. because of the trucking conflict, alleging its northern
neighbor wasn’t complying with Nafta."
The occasion of the meeting was an extension to the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) started by George W. Bush in 2005. Obama is careful to avoid the SPP moniker. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was also present at the talks.
The three leaders also talked about the drug war and Swine flu, and how the three nations might coordinate efforts to combat both.
Thus, it appears that the road map for the North American Community is still in play.
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