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
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
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
Police in Jefferson County, Tennessee have issued a warning to the trucking community after drivers were reportedly scammed at a truck stop and at a rest stop in the Dandridge area on Wednesday. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO), on June 11, 2025, deputies responded to the Love’s Travel Center and the 419 ...more
The Texarkana Texas Police Department (TPD) arrested a truck driver late Wednesday following a crash that left a large number of people without power. At 11:30 p.m. on June 11, police responded to a crash at New Boston Road and Taylor Street in Texarkana.TPD/Power Outage Map“The truck left the road, took out a major electrical ...more
A passing motorist was able to help a truck driver escape a burning truck cab after he was temporarily frozen from shock. The accident happened on Monday, June 9th in Webster County, Iowa on a rural bridge over Holiday Creek. According to KCCI, Road Foreman Dale Iles was in his car when he witnessed a semi ...more
