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White House: Trump would let trucks cross Mexican border if it closes
Even if the border remains open to freight, shutting out the ~500k workers, students, shoppers, and tourists who legally cross each day would still have…
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Canada
Proposed Chinese grain buy could boost prices, railroad volumes
Missing USDA data on wheat stockpiles has traders reacting cautiously.
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Intermodal
Freight forwarders: tariffs broke peak season in two
Capacity constraints, strong demand, and chaotic tariff-related traffic pushed transpacific containers rates to new heights, but the current inbound container surge, unrelated to consumer demand,…
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Canada
Sen. Corker interview: Trump ‘ready-fire-aim’ on tariffs
Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) spoke to FreightWaves about his efforts to rein in what he called the Trump administration’s abuse of authority in imposing tariffs…
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