An adult New World screwworm fly. (Denise Bonilla/U.S. Department of Agriculture via AP) The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying a flesh-eating parasite has moved farther north in Mexico than previously reported. Mexico’s president was critical July 10, suggesting that the U.S. is exaggerating the threat to its beef industry ...more
Oregon has been catching truckers with falsified ELDs during inspections after the truckers drove past weigh stations and were turned around by law enforcement officers. (TT file photo) Roadside inspectors are considering a new out-of-service rule to combat a growing trend to tamper with electronic logging devices by falsifying a commercial driver’s rest and driving ...more
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends an event at the Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on July 9. (Eraldo Peres/AP) RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said July 10 that he will impose retaliatory tariffs on the United States if President Donald Trump follows through on a ...more
US Foods has deployed battery-electric trucks and refrigerated trailers with electric transport refrigeration units in its delivery fleet. (US Foods) Performance Food Group Co. has attracted takeover interest from US Foods Holding Corp., a potential deal that would create a food distribution company with combined sales of roughly $100 billion, people familiar with the matter ...more
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney walks with President Donald Trump after a group photo at the G7 Summit on June 16 in Kananaskis, Canada. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said in a letter that he will raise taxes on many imported goods from Canada to 35%, deepening a rift between two North American ...more
Trump had threatened to impose a 50% tariff on the EU this month before sticking with a previously lowered 10% truce through an Aug. 1 deadline. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg) Cars and tariff levels on agriculture have emerged as key sticking points between the European Union and the U.S. as the two sides work toward a provisional ...more
The statement would likely set a baseline tariff below 20% — compared with 26% initially proposed. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg) The U.S. is working toward an interim trade deal with India that may reduce its proposed tariffs to below 20%, people familiar with the matter said, putting the South Asian nation in a favorable position against its ...more
Nearly 25% of YMX’s yard tractor fleet is electric-battery operated. (YMX) Although proponents of electric terminal tractors say it’s just a matter of time before they’ll fill yards across the country, there are still some challenges ahead. Battery-electric terminal tractors may come with a hefty upfront price tag, but it is the myths surrounding these ...more
A new Amazon delivery facility in Sidney, British Columbia. (James MacDonald/Bloomberg) Amazon.com Inc. mounted a “lengthy and pervasive anti-union campaign” at a warehouse in western Canada and hired an excessive number of workers to dilute support for a union, according to a Canadian labor board. The British Columbia Labour Relations Board found that Amazon Canada ...more
Ensuring the integrity of electronic records is critical to promoting safety on the nation’s roadways, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. (U.S. Department of Transportation) The trucking industry is sharing information about how to spot the sophisticated new tampering of electronic logging devices and taking steps to remove bad actors from behind the ...more
