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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.

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Manufacturing Activity Shrank in May for Third Straight Month

U.S. factory activity contracted in May for a third consecutive month and a gauge of imports fell to a 16-year low as firms pulled back in the face of higher tariffs.

June 3, 2025
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Uber Promotes Company Veteran to Chief Operating Officer

Uber Technologies named longtime executive Andrew Macdonald its first chief operating officer since 2019, part of an executive shake-up that includes the departure of the company’s top delivery leader.

June 2, 2025
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Canada Premiers Pitch Carney on Pipelines, Ports and Mines

Canada’s provincial leaders urged Prime Minister Mark Carney to back new oil pipelines, electricity grids, critical mineral mines, ports and railways at a meeting June 2 meant to identify “nation-building” projects to be fast-tracked.

June 2, 2025
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Group That Won Trade Ruling Wants Tariffs Halted During Appeal

A group of small businesses that won a ruling that most of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs are illegal want them blocked during the administration’s appeal.

June 2, 2025
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Update: Oregon, Vermont Halt Zero-Emission Truck Mandates

Industry groups are urging more states to reconsider aggressive EV truck mandates, pointing to Oregon and Vermont’s recent moves as models.   

June 2, 2025
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Trump Seeks Xi Call as Rare Earth Clash Escalates

After the U.S. and China agreed to lower tariffs from astronomical heights, tensions are now surging over access to chips and rare earths. And Beijing increasingly appears to have an edge.

June 2, 2025
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US-China Trade Tensions Flare Again as Talks Stall

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce issued a statement June 2 rebuking the U.S. president’s claim that Beijing breached the consensus reached in Geneva in May.

June 2, 2025
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Trump to Roll Back Biden-Era Alaska Oil Drilling Limits

The measure would open new opportunities for oil and gas development in the mammoth National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, an Indiana-sized parcel in the northwest of the state.

June 2, 2025
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Carney Fights Trump Tariffs With Domestic Trade Push

Prime Minister Mark Carney is pushing to offset the economic pain caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs by compelling Canadian provinces to liberalize trade with one another.

June 2, 2025
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Steel and Aluminum Prices Jump on Trump Tariff Move

Futures tracking the prices U.S. manufacturers pay for aluminum and steel surged after President Donald Trump said he will double tariffs on the metals this week.

June 2, 2025