The U.S. Supreme Court ordered U.S. highways opened to thousands of long-haul Mexican trucks Monday, rejecting demands by environmental groups and labor unions for a study of the aging diesels' impact on air pollution.
The unanimous ruling was a victory for the Bush administration and illustrated the power of trade treaties, like the North American Free Trade Agreement, to hurdle domestic legal barriers. A NAFTA panel's decision in 2001 that a continued U.S. ban on the trucks violated the treaty led to President Bush's decision in 2002 to approve entry of about 30,000 trucks a year.
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posted by NeoN @ 6/08/2004 05:41:00 AM
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