Tag: trade

Readers mixed on potential domestic freight impacts of new tariffs

The largest share of respondents (39 percent cumulatively) saw the potential for a negative freight impact for affected segments of the industry hauling in freight niches where tariffs were coming into play, or among all segments. 24 percent saw potential for positive freight impacts.

July 16, 2018

POLL: Should the United States in fact follow through on Trump’s ‘build the wall’ campaign message?

Though a reported 700 miles of barrier exists on the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexican border today, with Donald Trump hammering away at his campaign pledge to build a barrier and get Mexico to pay for it, what’s your view of the idea?

January 26, 2017

Overdrive Extra

Deciphering Trump and the trade winds

Many U.S. truckers have feared the impending hordes of reckless Mexican drivers and the loss of U.S. driving jobs. So far, such concern appears overblown and misplaced. You could say the same for Trump’s rhetoric about isolating us from trading partners who have helped fuel America’s economic engines, including the trucking industry.

December 5, 2016

U.S. interests are integrated with Mexico and other countries in ways that aren’t as visibly newsworthy as a shuttered factory.

POLL: Long-term impacts of U.S.-Mexico cross-border long-haul?

This poll follows the U.S. government’s recent announcement of an impending opening of long-haul cross-border opportunity for Mexican carriers? What will be the primary U.S. result, as you see it?

January 12, 2015

Mexican carriers reportedly seek arbitration in cross-border long-haul dispute

Canacar reportedly has filed for arbitration against the United States because the Mexican trucking association says its neighbor continues to violate the North American Free Trade Agreement.

October 6, 2014

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NAFTA trade drops

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and Canada and Mexico was down 20 percent in September.

December 2, 2009

Hard Financial Choices

Following are analyses of common financial tough decisions that owner-operators face, with enough information to guide you toward a wise decision.

September 1, 2009

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