30 Aug Trump Threatens to Pull US out of WTO if It Doesn’t ‘Shape Up’ President Donald Trump said he would pull out of the World Trade Organization if it doesn’t treat the United States better, continuing his criticism of a cornerstone of the international trading system. Read more...
30 Aug US-Mexico Trade Deal Draws Cautious Reaction A new trade agreement between the United States and Mexico contains a provision that could boost cross-border package delivery, ratchets up pressure on manufacturers to source more products domestically and may lead to more restrictions on Mexican trucks operating in the United States, according to early assessments from business and industry officials. Read more...
30 Aug With Most Efficient Logistics, Wildberries Becomes Russia’s Biggest Web Retailer Russia's largest online retailer, Wildberries, is run by a mother of four who founded her company in her Moscow apartment while on maternity leave from her job as an English teacher. Read more...
30 Aug Trump to Back $200 Billion China Tariffs as Early as Next Week, Sources Say President Donald Trump wants to move ahead with a plan to impose tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports as soon as a public comment period concludes next week, according to six people familiar with the matter. Read more...
30 Aug DOJ, Trailer Manufacturers Argue Over Regulations Attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice and trailer manufacturers are sparring in court over just how much information the government should provide in a lawsuit about whether truck trailers should for the first time be subject to federal emissions requirements. Read more...
30 Aug Coaching Program Helps Drivers Develop Fuel-Efficient Habits When it comes to fuel economy, Clark Reed is the top performer at Nussbaum Transportation, which nearly seven years ago instituted a program through which performance coaches work with drivers to improve the fleet’s fuel economy. Read more...
30 Aug AASHTO Announces 12 America’s Transportation Awards Finalists The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has revealed which 12 transportation projects have entered the final phase of the America’s Transportation Awards competition. Read more...
30 Aug Canada Pushes to Save Trade Dispute Panels Over US Objection The fate of a NAFTA deal between the United States and Canada could hinge on the same issue that almost killed the countries’ first trade pact a generation ago — dispute panels that the Trump administration wants to eliminate. Read more...
30 Aug Mid-America States Receive AASHTO Transportation Awards Five Midwestern states recently earned awards from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials for outstanding transportation projects. Read more...
30 Aug Transport Topics, SiriusXM to Begin Weekly Trucking Industry News Show Sept. 8 Transport Topics is adding a national radio show to the SiriusXM weekly lineup on the Road Dog Trucking channel. Debuting Sept. 8 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. EDT, Transport Topics Radio will be a weekly news roundtable show that spotlights the publication’s coverage of the trucking industry. Read more...