U.S. data earlier this month showed the largest-ever plunge in imports during April. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg) The International Monetary Fund is seeing signs that the rise in trade and activity to front-run U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs is beginning to unwind as the global economy still faces heightened uncertainty. Recent trade pacts Washington reached with China ...more
Trump came into office promising to radically remake the U.S.-China trade relationship and force Beijing to open markets to more American goods. (Al Drago/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump is hailing the latest trade framework with China as a game-changing breakthrough. Yet the deal he touted June 11 represents little more than a reset back to earlier ...more
President Donald Trump displays a signed bill June 12 that formally rolls back a Biden-era emissions policy that permitted California wide leeway in setting its own transportation emissions rules. (Al Drago/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump on June 12 hosted a signing ceremony at the White House with freight and trucking executives to formally roll back a ...more
An Estes tractor-trailer next to Yellow trailers. Estes landed the second-largest number of facilities in the highly anticipated first auction of Yellow terminals. (Estes Express Lines) Estes Express Lines is boosting its terminal capacity as it incorporates assets acquired from bankrupt motor carrier Yellow, President and Chief Operating Officer Webb Estes said. The less-than-truckload carrier ...more
The project’s goal is to mitigate truck traffic, which now requires long waits at the U.S.-Mexico international border. (Green Corridors) President Donald Trump has approved a massive project allowing a private investment group to construct, maintain and operate a commercial elevated guideway crossing at the international U.S. border with Mexico in Laredo, Texas. The permit, ...more
A man was found hiding out in a semi truck sleeper berth parked outside of a business owned by a man he threatened online earlier this week. The incident started when someone called police on June 11th to report someone making multiple threatening Facebook posts targeting people in Carlisle County, Kentucky. According to WSILTV 3, the ...more
Drivers passing through Iowa should expect to see an increased law enforcement presence as agencies statewide target Move Over Law violators. From June 17 through June 19, 2025, extra law enforcement officers will be deployed throughout Iowa looking for drivers in violation of the state’s Move Over Law, according to the Iowa Department of Public Safety.Iowa’s ...more
Watch as this trucker plows right through high water after heavy central Texas rains this week. A very bold truck driver clearly doesn’t have time to waste, despite high water on Interstate 35 in San Antonio, Texas. As the rig makes its way through the newly formed lake, you can see other cars mostly submerged in ...more
A trucking company based in Edmonton, Alberta, shared photos and dash cam video in hopes of helping police located motorists involved in a road rage incident that led to an accident involving an oversized load. DBI Transport shared dash cam video captured on Wednesday, June 11 on Highway 97 in the Kelowna area.Company officials explained ...more
A Houston truck driver was recently convicted by a jury on charges related to a human smuggling attempt discovered by U.S. Border Patrol agents. Armando Balladares-Prado, 66, was convicted on human smuggling charges following a two-day jury trial, according to a June 5, 2025, statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of ...more
