15 Sep Pelosi: House to Stay in Session Until COVID-19 Rescue Deal Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sept. 15 the House will remain in session until lawmakers deliver another round of COVID-19 relief, a move that came as Democrats from swing districts signaled discontent with a standoff that could force them to face voters without delivering more aid. Read more...
15 Sep US Chassis Group Gains Initial Win Against Chinese Company A group of U.S. chassis manufacturers have won an initial victory before the U.S. International Trade Commission against a Chinese company that the U.S. firms claim is manipulating the American chassis market. Read more...
15 Sep Stakeholders Urge White House to Assist in 5.9 GHz Preservation Freight and passenger transportation groups are seeking the White House’s support to halt the Federal Communications Commission’s proposal that would shift certain auto safety airwaves for broadband uses. Read more...
15 Sep August Medium-Duty Sales Battle Excess Inventory, Drop 16.3% Medium-duty truck sales in August fell 16.3% to just more than 19,000 compared with a year earlier, WardsAuto.com reported Sept. 11. Read more...
15 Sep US Removes Canada Aluminum Tariffs Amid Retaliation Threat The U.S. announced the removal of aluminum tariffs it slapped on Canada last month. Read more...
15 Sep WTO: US Tariffs on China Are Illegal A World Trade Organization panel ruled Sept. 15 that Trump administration tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods are illegal, vindicating Beijing even if the United States has all but incapacitated the WTO’s ability to hand down a final, binding verdict. Read more...
15 Sep Amazon Looks to Use More Contractors for Grocery Delivery Amazon .com Inc. is experimenting with a new program that pays independent contractors to fetch groceries from shelves in Whole Foods stores and deliver them in their own vehicles. Read more...
15 Sep Industrial Production Growth Slows, Up 0.4% in August U.S. industrial production slowed to a modest increase of 0.4% in August, far weaker than the strong bounceback recorded in previous months when factories were coming back to life. Read more...
15 Sep Hurricane Sally Slows, Gathering Deluge for the Gulf Coast Hurricane Sally, a plodding storm with winds of 85 mph, crept toward the northern Gulf Coast early Sept. 15 as forecasters warned of potentially deadly storm surges and flash floods with up to 2 feet of rain and the possibility of tornadoes. Read more...
15 Sep COVID-19 Pandemic Stalls Replacement Cycles Motor carriers paused their replacement cycles during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, but most dealers, fleets and analysts said the industry merely delayed making purchases for a few months, and they don’t expect long-term changes. Read more...