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President Bush will allow Mexican trucks that meet U.S. safety standards to operate on U.S. roadways, the White House said Wednesday. Still to be settled is how to implement that decision.

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The North American Free Trade Agreement arbitration panel has issued its final decision, clearing the way for Mexican trucks to obtain operating authority to run in the United States.

In a lengthy statement, the head of the major U.S. trucking lobby explains why the American Trucking Associations embraced Tuesday's Nafta panel ruling, which came down against a blanket U.S. policy of prohibiting Mexican trucks from operating in the United States.

UPS has joined a broad coalition of businesses and industry trade groups that are suing the federal government to block enforcement of new ergonomics rules.