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BusinessEquipment

Used Class 8 Sales Rise 3.5% Year Over Year in January

Used Class 8 truck sales beat sequential and year-ago comparisons in January, ACT Research reported.

March 6, 2025
GovernmentBusinessPrivate

Walmart Asks Chinese Suppliers for Big Price Cuts on Tariffs

Walmart has asked some Chinese suppliers for major price reductions, with the retail giant鈥檚 efforts to shift the burden of tariffs facing strong pushback from firms in the Asian nation.

March 6, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafetyFuelLogistics

Congressional GOP Rallies Behind Trump鈥檚 Economic Vision

Transportation leaders are lining up behind President Donald Trump鈥檚 call to action to streamline infrastructure construction regulations and jump-start domestic energy initiatives.

March 6, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

US Trade Deficit Surges to a Record Ahead of Trump Tariffs

The U.S. trade deficit widened to a record in January as companies scrambled to secure goods from overseas before President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on the largest U.S. trading partners.

March 6, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

China鈥檚 Commerce Head: 鈥楾here Are No Winners in a Trade War鈥

China's economy can weather higher tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, the Chinese commerce minister said March 6, though he added that there are 鈥渘o winners in a trade war.鈥

March 6, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyAutonomous

Bot Auto Plans Driver-Out Autonomous Trucking Pilot in 2025

Autonomous trucking startup Bot Auto announced that it intends to begin its first driver-out commercial freight operations this year with a pilot program in Texas.

March 5, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

Volkswagen Introduces ID. EVERY1, Its Most Affordable EV

The model will offer more than 155 miles of range and is the 鈥渓ast piece of the puzzle鈥 for VW鈥檚 next-generation lineup, said Thomas Schaefer, CEO of the brand.

March 5, 2025
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Iowa Shutters Biodiesel Output on Federal Policy Uncertainty

Iowa biodiesel plants are operating at minimum or completely stopping production amid uncertainty over the future of renewable fuel and tax credit policies.

March 5, 2025
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Trade Tensions Put American Crop Exports in Jeopardy

鈥淢exico could put their own import tariffs on 鈥 that could reduce the U.S. freight advantage. It鈥檚 a matter of how fierce the trade war gets,鈥 said Pat Boova.

March 5, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogistics

Trump Grants One-Month Tariff Exemption for US Automakers

President Donald Trump is granting a one-month exemption on his new tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada for U.S. automakers, amid fears that the trade war could harm U.S. manufacturers.

March 5, 2025