Elon Musk (Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (Facebook). WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats are pushing back on White House efforts to halt transportation initiatives launched during the Biden administration, stressing that efforts led by billionaire Elon Musk to drastically scale down federal agencies threaten to derail progress already made, chill future growth and ...more
(A. Duie Pyle Inc.) A Duie Pyle Inc. entered the North Carolina market for the first time in recent weeks, the latest in a series of expansions of the less-than-truckload-focused carrier’s footprint and operations. West Chester, Pa.-based Pyle opened a warehouse and distribution center west of the Charlotte metropolitan area to meet the needs of ...more
Inbound trucks from Mexico at the World Trade Crossing International Bridge in Laredo, Texas. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on March 6 postponed 25% tariffs on many imports from Mexico and some imports from Canada for a month amid widespread fears of the economic fallout from a broader trade war. ...more
Inbound trucks from Mexico at the World Trade Crossing International Bridge in Laredo, Texas. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said March 6 that he has postponed 25% tariffs on most goods from Mexico for a month after a conversation with President Claudia Sheinbaum. Trump’s announcement comes after his Commerce Secretary, ...more
President Donald Trump and Howard Lutnick on Feb. 3. (Evan Vucci/AP) President Donald Trump is likely to defer tariffs on Canada and Mexico for all goods and services covered by the North American trade agreement known as USMCA, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said. Trump will decide March 6 on the scope of a one-month exemption ...more
Justin Trudeau on March 4. (David Kawai/Bloomberg) TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said March 6 he expects Canada and the U.S. to be in a trade war for the foreseeable future after having what he called a colorful but constructive call with U.S. President Donald Trump this week. Trudeau said the two sides ...more
Edison expects to build 100 trucks in 2026 and 200 trucks in 2027. (Edison Motors) Every company starts out somewhere, and for startup Class 8 hybrid electric-diesel truck manufacturer Edison Motors, that place was the back garden of founder and CEO Chace Barber’s parents’ home in Merritt, British Columbia. Now, former logging truck driver Barber ...more
Used Class 8 trucks on the lot at a dealership in Bucks County, Pa. (Coopersburg and Liberty Kenworth via Facebook) Used Class 8 truck sales beat sequential and year-ago comparisons in January, ACT Research reported. Sales increased 3.5% to 23,600 units from the 22,800 reported during the prior-year period. They also increased 8.6% sequentially from ...more
(Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg) Walmart Inc. has asked some Chinese suppliers for major price reductions, with the U.S. retail giant’s efforts to shift the burden of President Donald Trump’s tariffs facing strong pushback from firms in the Asian nation, according to people familiar with the matter. Some suppliers, including producers of kitchenware and clothing, have been asked ...more
“Energy prices are crushing American families, but President Trump is reducing regulations and unleashing American energy independence," Graves said. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News) Congressional transportation leaders are lining up behind President Donald Trump’s call to action to streamline infrastructure construction regulations and jump-start domestic energy initiatives. “Energy prices are crushing American families, but President Trump is ...more
