The Cross-Border Trucking Program was started by the U.S. Department of Transportation in 2007, as a way to begin implementing the trade-agreement trucking provision, reports the Des Moines Register. The issue came under fire in Texas, where truckers protested the idea of letting Mexican trucks crossing the U.S. border and into the U.S. interior rather than offloading their freight into U.S. trucks.
The National Pork Producers Council issued a statement both criticizing the U.S. and Mexican governments.