Trucking Expected To Be on Mexican President’s Washington Agenda

The ongoing dispute between the U.S. and Mexico over cross-border trucking is expected to be on the agenda when leaders of the two countries meet Wednesday in Washington.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon is slated to visit President Obama for a state dinner Wednesday and address a joint session of Congress Thursday.

The two countries have been odds since the U.S. shuttered a test of cross-border trucking in March 2009 and Mexico retaliated by imposing nearly $2.4 billion in tariffs on U.S. products related to the dispute over Mexican trucks.

Earlier this month, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told a Senate subcommittee that a plan to resolve the dispute was coming soon and a leading Senator said she hoped Calderon's visit would speed a solution to the impasse over the program.

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By Sean McNally

Senior Reporter