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U.S. truck manufacturers and leasing companies face a challenging growth market with their expansion into Mexico.

Truckers crossing the border from Mexico have loads of stories — some believable and others somewhat incredible — about the long waits at such busy crossings as Laredo, Texas, or Otay Mesa, Calif. Now, a federal report indicates some of those tall tales are true and says government agencies are, at least in part, to blame.

Truckers crossing the U.S.-Mexico border at Laredo, Texas, now have an eight-lane, $60 million bridge to ease their trip.

Business owners and residents in downtown Laredo, Texas, wanted to know what millions of trucks running through their city and waiting at their bridges were doing to their air.

A business group whose members include some of the biggest names in shipping is giving the federal government what it considers a well-deserved push to modernize the import process.

Truckers crossing the border at Laredo, Texas, will now be able to use a new $60 million bridge located 6 miles north of the downtown area.

The Customs Service put its import-export automation eggs in a new basket called the Automated Commercial Environment. But funding and operational issues have delayed the delivery of ACE, and everyone involved in cross-border trade, including trucking, continues lurching along with the old system, hoping it won’t crash utterly and throw the customs-clearance process back into the Dark Ages of massive paper-filing.

Canadian truckers may get some relief this summer from spiking fuel costs in the form of a tax break.

The Customs Service's new import-export automation system has been delayed by funding and operational issues, and everyone involved in cross-border trade hopes the old system doesn't crash before the new system is online.

Canadian truckers may get some relief this summer from spiking fuel costs if the provinces will follow the federal government's lead and cut their fuel taxes.