Trump Targets Brazil With Steep 50% Tariff Hike
Brazil had been set to face the minimum 10% levy under the so-called “reciprocal” tariffs Trump originally unveiled in April. (Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg) Donald Trump said July 9 he would impose 50% tariffs on Brazil, a dramatic increase that followed the U.S. leader’s intense criticism of the foreign and domestic policies ...more
JBS Profit Jumps as Chicken Gains Beat Beef Downturn
The JBS Greeley meatpacking facility in Greeley, Colo. (Chet Strange/Bloomberg News) JBS SA said quarterly profit rose more than expected, ...more
Daimler Truck Cuts Guidance, Citing North America Uncertainty
Daimler Truck expects to sell between 430,000 to 460,000 vehicles globally in 2025. (Daimler Truck) Daimler Truck Holding AG cut ...more
GOP Bill Would End Duty-Free Imports of Cheap Foreign Goods
Packages inside a delivery truck in Beijing. (Na Bian/Bloomberg News) House Republicans have proposed using their giant tax and spending ...more
Feds Question Musk, Tesla on Safety of Driverless Taxis
Tesla CEO Elon Musk walks to the stage to speak at the Butler Farm Show on Oct. 5, 2024, in ...more
Landstar Posts Q1 Revenue of $1.15B After Fraud-Related Delay
Landstar's Q1 2025 included a $4.8 million pretax charge related to the fraud incident. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) ...more
CVSA to Urge FMCSA to Limit Truck Driver Conveyance Time
CVSA's inspections revealed that 38% of drivers used the conveyance time improperly. (RichLegg/Getty Images) Commercial motor vehicle inspectors have quietly ...more
Volvo’s US Job Cuts to Total 1,000 VTNA, Mack Employees
As many as 350 staff were laid off in early April at Volvo Trucks North ...more
Old Dominion Freight Line Q1 Profit Falls 12.9%; OR Weakens
ODFL posted an operating ratio of 75.4 in the quarter, compared with 73.5 a year ...more
Trump Hasn’t Offered Unilateral Tariff Cuts on China
“As I’ve said many times, I don’t think either side believes that the current tariff ...more
Last week, an Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) commercial vehicle inspection resulted in an out-of-service order ...more
Traffic is at a crawl on Interstate 35 outside of Austin this morning as official ...more
Florida police are investigating a multiple fatality crash that occurred near Panama City, Florida, on ...more
The Idaho State Police (ISP) Commercial Vehicle Safety Division recently conducted a large-scale commercial vehicle ...more
The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) recently took a skid steer hauler off the road for ...more
Tariffs Hit Halliburton’s Core Fracking Business
“A lot’s happened in three weeks,” Miller said. (Aaron M. Sprecher/Bloomberg News) Halliburton Co., the ...more
Motive Targets Spreadsheet Pain With New Data Tool
Parsons and Weinberger speak at Vision 25. (Connor D. Wolf/Transport Topics) AUSTIN, Texas — The ...more
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has denied an age-related regulation exemption request from ...more
Plus Removes Driver for Unmanned Truck Test on Closed Course
Plus recently tested driverless safety maneuvers with no one in the vehicle on a closed ...more
