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
A city official in Nashville, Tennessee, says she is looking for solutions after noting an uptick in truck parking along several streets. An existing Metro Nashville ordinance prohibits the parking of trucks, trailers, and semi trailer on any street at any time of day, with exceptions for loading and unloading, but a local leader says ...more
A combative patient was run over by a semi truck after fleeing an ambulance in Illinois early on Monday morning. The incident happened on June 9th, just before 3 a.m. on Interstate 70 in Bond County, Illinois. According to WCIA, the ambulance was transporting the man along I-70 when the man became combative. The ambulance pulled ...more
A trooper with the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) recently issued multiple out-of-service orders during a single commercial vehicle traffic stop. On June 10, 2025, THP took to social media to highlight a recent traffic stop on a commercial semi truck with a flat tire.“A THP Motor Carrier Plus Trooper noticed a commercial motor vehicle’s steer ...more
