A woman demonstrates remote mining equipment at a supply chain expo in Beijing. (Ng Han Guan/AP) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced June 11 that the United States will get magnets and rare earth minerals from China under a new trade deal and that tariffs on Chinese goods will go to 55%. In return, Trump ...more

Spools of steel in Hamilton, Ontario. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg) Canadian Industry Minister Melanie Joly said the government will soon announce measures to clamp down on steel dumping from foreign countries and help domestic manufacturers hit by punishing U.S. tariffs. “We cannot accept any form of unfair practices from different countries when it comes to our Canadian ...more

A containership passes under the International Gateway Bridge at the Port of Long Beach. (Tim Rue/Bloomberg) U.S. customs duties climbed to a record in May, helping shrink the budget deficit for the month, while doubts remain about the persistence of the inflows as the Trump administration negotiates with trading partners and faces a judicial challenge ...more

“While we have made progress advancing these priorities, the current state of our critical infrastructure must be further improved," McMaster said in May. (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg News) A Senate committee on June 11 approved the nomination of Sean McMaster to become administrator of the Federal Highway Administration. His nomination advanced to the floor by a vote ...more

A containership leaves the Port of Newark in Elizabeth, N.J. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg) Trade talks between the U.S. and China this week cemented a seismic change in Washington’s approach to the countries’ economic relationship: U.S. export curbs, meant to keep sensitive technologies out of Beijing’s hands, are now explicitly up for negotiation. At the heart of ...more

XPO operates the Carlisle service center LTL freight facility. (Dan Gleiter/pennlive.com/TNS) XPO Inc. has opened its largest operation, a 273,000-square-foot facility on a 121-acre property near Carlisle, Pa. The 281-door facility opened in November but officially celebrated its arrival on June 10 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. And XPO has been increasing its operations over time. ...more

tsingha25/Getty Images The trucking and logistics sector is grappling with rising network complexity and risk with the increasing pressure to adapt new technologies, according to a study June 11 from network technology company Aryaka. The State of Network Security in Transportation & Logistics report surveyed senior executives across the transportation and logistics sector. Respondents indicated ...more

Police officers tracked down a trucker believed to be involved in the accidental death of a homeless man outside of a loading dock in New Hampshire on Wednesday.  The accident happened on June 11th behind a grocery store in Bedford, New Hampshire just before 6 a.m. According to WMUR 9, police were called to the area ...more

Canadian police say that brake failure was to blame for a recent semi truck rollover crash that was caught on dash cam. The crash took place on June 6, 2025, on Highway 3 near Princeton in British Columbia.In the dash cam clip, you can see a semi truck passing the dash cammer at a high ...more

The Denton County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) released results from a multi-agency truck inspection effort that took place as part of May’s International Roadcheck inspection campaign. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s International Roadcheck effort took place throughout North America on May 13 — 15, 2025.As part of Roadcheck 2025, DCSO partnered with several other law enforcement ...more