Easy travel, maybe too easy
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:16:00 GMT
across American borders has begun attracting just the sort of customers who place a premium on avoiding inspections: Mexican drug smugglers. Most trucks enrolled in the program pause at the border for just 20 seconds before entering the United States.
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Program to help truckers attracts drug smugglers - November 25
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:52:00 GMT
for smugglers, who can then threaten drivers or offer them bribes. More than half of all U.S. imports now come from companies in the program, called the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, or C-TPAT. Mexican trucking companies make up only 6
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UPDATE 1-Mexico Q3 current account gap narrows to $1.911 bln
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:01:00 GMT
the deficit recorded in the same period last year, the central bank said on Wednesday. An increase in imports outpaced a rebound in exports as Mexico's economy recovered in the third quarter, the central bank said in a statement. Mexico recorded a $4.35
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Palm oil imports decline
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:14:00 GMT
ISLAMABAD: Palm oil imports have witnessed negative growth of 31.06 per cent during the first four months of the current financial year as against the corresponding period of last year, according to the
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Mexico posts Oct trade surplus, jobless rate falls
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:07:00 GMT
the country's posted a narrow trade surplus of $96 million, the national statistics agency said on Tuesday. Mexican exports fell 10.0 percent from a year ago, while imports were down 21.1 percent, the agency said. (Reporting by Jason Lange; Editing by
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