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Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers a possible US Foods–Performance Food merger, Trump's 35% tariffs on Canada, and new rules to fight ELD tampering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers tariff uncertainty stalling a trucking rebound, a sharp slide in June Class 8 orders and Sean Duffy's interim NASA appointment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers Trump's sweeping tax-and-budget law, DTNA's Western Star margin push, and Prime Day's slower start. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers Daimler's pivot to military trucks, a tariff-shadowed Prime Day, and Trump's firm Aug. 1 tariff deadline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers President Donald Trump's delayed tariff deadline, 25% duties on Japan and South Korea, and Daimler Truck's $2.34 billion buyback. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers declining Canada-U.S. exports under tariff pressure, UPS buyouts for union drivers and a trucker's $50,000 Maryland lottery win. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers ATRI's latest research into truck operating costs, the Del Monte bankruptcy and a U.S.-Vietnam trade deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers Tesla's stock value, state oversight of non-resident CDL compliance and diesel's price dip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers President Donald Trump's tariffs, XPO opening new service centers, and Patton Logistics Group expanding its reach in central Pennsylvania. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers a legal win for one trucking company, a USDOT trucking grant package, and an update on U.S. trade talks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers the beginning of tougher enforcement of the English-language proficiency standard for truck drivers, Mack Trucks' overhaul of its Anthem model, and layoffs in the auto parts industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers the beginning of tougher enforcement of the English-language proficiency standard for truck drivers, Mack Trucks' overhaul of its Anthem model, and layoffs in the auto parts industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers the big rise in the average cost of diesel, the approaching deadline for President Donald Trump's trade talks, and a car-carrying ship that sank in the Pacific Ocean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers the death of a trucking industry giant, tanker rates in light of Middle East tensions, and a possible Iranian response to being attacked by the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers the Pentagon canceling its Global Household Goods moving contract, GXO's appointment of a new CEO, and a plunge in shipments of small-value goods from China in May. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers text messaging scams impersonating DMVs, Class 8 truck sales in May, and the latest trailer order numbers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers the Middle East conflict's effect on fuel markets, medium-duty sales in May, and FedEx Freight's newest service center. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers a hearing today involving DAT's recent acquisition of Outgo, the G7 Summit in Canada, and Eaton's purchase of a defense and aerospace systems company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers the latest test for oil traders, the Trump administration relaxing the rules for self-driving car deployment, and the impact of tariffs on Port of Los Angeles imports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers a rollback of California emissions rules, plans for a new freight crossing connecting the U.S. and Mexico, and President Donald Trump's latest intentions for universal tariffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers another win, for now, for President Donald Trump's tariff policies, a deal struck between the U.S. and China, and a self-driving truck developer looking to go public. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers a deal between Toyota and Daimler Truck, an acquisition in the trucking technology field, and the expanding universe of greener TRUs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers a new report from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, a cyberattack on a large grocery carrier, and expansion of a service by Ryder and a software company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers partial tariff cost pass-through by businesses, slowing U.S. job growth, and Walmart's drone delivery expansion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers English-language enforcement for truck drivers, rising sophistication in cargo theft, and stalled U.S.-China trade talks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers North American steel tariff tensions, tighter fleet margins in 2025, and new protections against moving fraud. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers Trump's latest steel and aluminum tariff hike, Nikola's asset sale process, and continued contraction in U.S. manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers U.S.-China tensions over rare earth exports, Canada's push for new trade infrastructure, and a legal challenge to Trump's Liberation Day tariffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers USDOT proposing to slash or amend certain trucking regulations — but hitting the pause button on a reduction in the department's workforce — and recent developments regarding Lego's American supply chain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers the back and forth on President Donald Trump's tariffs, a law addressing certain issues in Oregon's trucking industry, and a new tool Penske Truck Leasing is offering to help carriers maximize their rolling stock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers a final assessment on an investigation into imported container chassis from Vietnam, Tesla's robotaxi rollout, and the national average diesel price. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers the rough first quarter for truck manufacturers, one market benefiting from that volatility, and the troubled military Global Household Goods moving contract. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers tariff threats against the EU, more on the intersection of technology and trucking, and a telematics firm teaming up with an EV manufacturer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers fees on electric and hybrid vehicles, two states halting zero-emission truck mandates and trailer orders in April. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers the push to rescind worker classification guidance from the Biden era, DOT mandating English proficiency for truck drivers, and a spike in freight bookings from China to the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers the leadership team for FedEx Freight, American Trucking Associations' freight report for April and a rise in the cost of diesel fuel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers an acquisition by Kenan Advantage Group, a major commerce conference near Washington, D.C., and conflicting reports on Canadian tariffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers the sale of more Yellow terminals, Oregon delaying enforcement of the Advanced Clean Trucks Rule, and an investor group in Canada proposing to buy bankrupt Lion Electric. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers Walmart raising prices, the FHWA nominee's appearance at a Senate hearing and the IEA's report on global oil demand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers medium-duty truck sales, FMCSA action on eight ELDs and USDOT finalizing 76 infrastructure grants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers CVSA's recommendation on driver personal conveyance time, Class 8 retail sales in April and Landstar's first-quarter earnings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers General Motors hiring a former Tesla and Aurora officer, a record in April for customs revenue collections due to tariffs, and moves in Congress to repeal California laws to encourage EV adoption. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers a lawsuit against the Federal Highway Administration, concerns about the Global Household Goods contract and the effect of tariffs on China's exports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers a trade agreement with Britain, a shipping giant's outlook on the global container market, and Class 8 truck orders in April. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers the independent-contractor rule, Shipping routes between the U.S. and China, and a candidate to head the U.S. Postal Service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers an end to limits on emissions from tires, the U.S. trade deficit and Cummins' quarterly financial report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers another upcoming increase in oil production by OPEC+, the new-truck excise tax, and a new offering coming from Stellantis' Ram brand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers the end of the de minimis exemption for imported goods, tariff-related disruptions at West Coast ports, and the DOE's rollback of green energy loans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers the launch of Aurora's driverless trucking service, a House vote to overturn California's gas car ban, and March cargo growth at U.S. ports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers renewed calls for federal action on cargo theft, murder charges in a staged truck crash scheme, and layoffs at ADM's global commodity desk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers Trump's English-language rule order for truckers, UPS job cuts, and Amazon's denial of tariff label plans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices