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AUSTIN, Texas — The Bush administration’s announcement that it will allow Mexican trucks to haul goods throughout the United States was met with little fanfare along the Texas border last week. In fact, the consensus across the state is “business as usual” for the foreseeable future and beyond.

The Texas and U.S. departments of transportation have failed to provide adequate funding for sorely needed border infrastructure such as more roads to facilitate truck traffic that is growing rapidly because of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Sonja Wood, a local musician and social activist, wants to make Nova Scotia’s Highway 101, a heavily traveled trucking route, safer for commuters and truckers — and she is willing to go to any lengths to force the province into action.

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President Bush’s swift agreement to open the U.S.-Mexico border to international truck traffic shows his commitment to trade between North America’s most populous neighbors and to promises made along the campaign trail.

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President Bush has announced his intention to nominate Michael P. Jackson, a former senior official at the American Trucking Associations, to be deputy secretary of transportation.

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Tuesday that risks to the U.S. economy continue on the downside but that a rebound should emerge once businesses work through an inventory glut.