By |2025-06-09T07:26:02-05:00June 6th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced on Friday that certain Biden Administration requirements have been removed from a commercial vehicle safety grant program. In a June 6 statement, FMCSA announced the availability of up to $89.4 million in competitive funding through the Commercial Driver’s License Program Implementation (CDLPI) grant.The agency also announced that ...more

By |2025-06-09T11:24:13-05:00June 6th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

A new suspect has been named in the investigation into an attack at an Arizona rest stop that left a truck driver with severe brain injuries.  Detectives from the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office have identified a new suspect in the assault of a truck driver at the rest area near San Simon, Arizona. The victim, ...more

EU Launches Tool to Monitor Trade Diversion From Tariffs

By |2025-06-06T04:19:50-05:00June 5th, 2025 at 12:41 PM|Trucking News|

A cargo ship arrives at the port of Barcelona in Spain. (Angel Garcia/Bloomberg) The European Commission has formally launched a surveillance tool to monitor any trade diversion resulting from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, as initial results revealed a surge of imports in many goods. A first set of analysis published by the bloc’s executive ...more

Truck Orders See Surprise Sequential Rise, Still Trail 2024

By |2025-06-06T04:19:55-05:00June 5th, 2025 at 11:53 AM|Trucking News|

Workers paint a truck chassis at the Mack Trucks facility in Macungie, Pa., in 2018. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg) North American Class 8 truck orders continued to trend below the previous year but did see a surprise sequential improvement during May, according to ACT Research. ACT preliminary data showed orders decreased 44% year over year to 13,200 ...more

Trump Says US and China Will Resume Trade Talks

By |2025-06-05T11:47:00-05:00June 5th, 2025 at 11:47 AM|Trucking News|

(cbarnesphotography/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said his conversation with Chinese leader Xi Jinping had a “very positive conclusion” on June 5, announcing that the two countries will hold trade talks in hopes of breaking an impasse over tariffs and global supplies of rare earth minerals. It was the first call between the two ...more

Procter & Gamble to Cut Up to 7,000 Jobs

By |2025-06-05T10:23:00-05:00June 5th, 2025 at 10:23 AM|Trucking News|

P&G manufactures Tide detergent. (Steve Helber/file/AP) Procter & Gamble will cut up to 7,000 jobs, or approximately 6% of its global workforce, over the next two years as the maker of Tide detergent and Pampers diapers wrestles with tariff-related costs and customers who have grown anxious about the economy. The job cuts, announced at the ...more

US Trade Deficit Narrows by Most on Record as Imports Plunge

By |2025-06-05T09:27:00-05:00June 5th, 2025 at 9:27 AM|Trucking News|

A worker at the Bayport Container Terminal at the port of Houston in Seabrook, Texas. (Callaghan O'Hare/Bloomberg) The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in April by the most on record on the largest-ever plunge in imports, illustrating an abrupt end to the massive front-loading of goods by some companies ahead of higher tariffs. The gap in ...more

Trump Speaks With Xi Amid Stalled Tariff Talks

By |2025-06-05T12:19:49-05:00June 5th, 2025 at 9:07 AM|Trucking News|

Xi Jinping. (Pool/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, have spoken amid stalled negotiations between both countries over tariffs that have roiled global trade. The discussion on June 5 followed Trump suggesting it was tough to reach a deal with Xi. “I like President XI of China, always have, ...more

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