Economics

July PPI data showed another decline in trucking rates as yearly growth will likely turn negative soon.

The Commerce Department’s investigation into Mexican tomato exports is set to conclude on September 19th.

Stalco, a Toronto third-party logistics provider, takes advantage of duty-free limits to legally fulfill online orders of Chinese goods to consumers in the United States without incurring President Trump’s trade-war tariffs.

Empty miles are a billion-dollar problem for trucking fleets, but are they more of a problem than they were in 2002? Recent headlines indicate they may be, but they may not tell the true story.

As the United States-China trade war frightened stock markets on August 5 into their worst day of the year, some analysts said Mexico could find a silver lining in increased trade exports.   “The commercial problems that China-United States are having can have benefits for Mexico – there are products in which Mexico is competitive and […]

Whether the shale boom can keep going has recently been called into question.

ISM data in both the service sector and manufacturing sector suggest the economy is slowing and recent tariffs could make things worse

The United States and Mexico are on the brink of yet another trade war – this time pitting U.S. farmers against Mexican tomato growers and importers.  The debate centers around the price of imported tomatoes from Mexico. Florida tomato growers have said the prices of imported Mexican fresh tomatoes are sold below market value, giving […]

Transplace finds a disparity in consumer goods trade leads to large spread between north and southbound traffic – and a Canada backhaul “tax.”

Goods like clothes and toys are on the proposed tariff list.

The deal reached in Washington on Friday will allow the U.S. to nearly triple its beef exports to Europe.

The U.S.-China trade war has dropped trade volumes between the two countries to date in 2019. One result – Mexico is now the #1 trade partner of the U.S.

Leaders of a farmers’ protest in Mexico said if negotiations don’t progress with the government of President Andres Manuel López Obrador, the “next blockade” will be twice as large as the first one that blocked 42 locations in some 23 Mexican states. Farmers are protesting the national budget produced by Obrador, which cut financial aid […]

Donald Broughton writes a thought-provoking commentary about how technology has killed inflation.

Ben Thrower examines the costs – in money, lost land and lost businesses – of the high-speed rail line in California.

The new tariffs, announced a day after the Fed cut rates, will affect mostly consumer goods.

With air cargo slowing, could there be any bump up in August?

The Fed cut interest rates for the first time in over a decade. Shippers and carriers should benefit as the economy looks to reaccelerate

Truckload volumes on a national basis have been trending 3% above 2018 levels for a week.

Canadian rail and trucking sectors expand as nation’s GDP increases by 0.2 percent, capping its best three-month period in two years.