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Transport Topics business coverage focuses on the financial, economic, and commercial aspects of the modern freight business. Looking at both the microeconomic and macroeconomic forces shaping bottom lines, the news in this category includes labor news, jobs reports, tonnage and sales indicators, operations analysis, money and banking, mergers, acquisitions, e-commerce, bankruptcy, insurance issues, and more.

GovernmentBusiness

EU Sees Progress Toward US Trade Deal With 15% Tariffs

Member states could be ready to accept a 15% tariff and EU officials are pushing to have that cover sectors including cars.

July 23, 2025
BusinessLogisticsPrivate

Grocer C&S Kicks Off $400M Loan Sale to Acquire SpartanNash

C&S Wholesale Grocers is looking to raise $400 million from a leveraged loan sale to help finance its $1.77 billion acquisition of food distributor SpartanNash.

July 23, 2025
BusinessEquipment

June Trailer Orders Increase 144% From Last Year

U.S. trailer orders experienced a surprising surge in June, soaring on an annual and sequential basis as buyers took action after months of sitting on the sidelines, ACT Research reported.

July 23, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

Trump Floats China Trip as Trade Tensions Ease

President Donald Trump said a trip to China might be 鈥渘ot too distant,鈥 raising prospects that the leaders of the world鈥檚 two largest economies may meet soon to help reset relations.

July 23, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafetyTCA

PennDOT Launches Campaign to Prevent Bridge Hits

The 鈥淐heck Your Height, Know It鈥檚 Right鈥 campaign encourages motorists to know their vehicle height and check that the vehicle will safely fit under bridges on their route.

July 23, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyLogistics

ATA鈥檚 Spear Urges Senate to Fund Truck Parking, Freight Tech

At a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing, ATA President Chris Spear emphasized the significance of adopting technologies and applications designed to facilitate the flow of freight.

July 23, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

EU Readies $117 Billion Plan to Match US 30% Tariff

The 30% tariffs will be imposed in the event of no deal and if President Donald Trump carries through with his threat to impose that rate on most of the bloc鈥檚 exports after Aug. 1.

July 23, 2025
BusinessLogisticsFor-HireTCA

A. Duie Pyle Adds Facilities in West Virginia, Ohio

The less-than-truckload carrier now has 35 service centers across its geographic footprint.

July 23, 2025
BusinessEquipmentLogisticsFor-HireTop 100

FedEx Freight Delays Enforcement of NMFC Updates for 150 Days

鈥淐ustomers who want to begin using the new classes now are welcome and encouraged to do so; there is no requirement to wait until Dec. 1,鈥 the company told Transport Topics.

July 23, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

Trade Deal With Japan Lowers Threatened Tariff to 15%

The 15% tax on imported Japanese goods is a meaningful drop from the 25% rate that Trump, in a recent letter to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, said would be levied starting Aug. 1.

July 23, 2025