Canada’s dollar-for-dollar retaliation against U.S. tariffs took effect Tuesday, placing duties as high as 50% on nearly $20 billion in American imports.
New report credits federal regulators and states with tighter cabotage enforcement and tougher CDL oversight affecting more than 194,000 non-domiciled commercial drivers.
The opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge marks a milestone for U.S.-Canada trade after political disagreements delayed its debut.
Recent enforcement actions show criminal networks targeting shipments, warehouses, border crossings and international exports.
Authorities seized over $114 million in drugs from trucks in September; while a Canadian man was extradited from Mexico in a $450 million smuggling case.
Illegal work by B-1 visa truck drivers does serious harm to the U.S. trucking industry, stakeholders said.
Authorities in New Jersey and Canada recently made arrests in separate drug smuggling cases involving marijuana, methamphetamine and more.
Canadian border workers have reached a tentative employment agreement with the federal government that ends the threat of a strike on Friday.
A strike by Canadian border workers is on hold until Wednesday to allow more time for union and federal officials to negotiate.
A strike looms for more than 9,000 border agents in Canada, potentially disrupting trade flows across North America.
Canadian authorities recently seized $51 million worth of methamphetamine from a tractor-trailer heading for Winnipeg, Manitoba.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers said they found a loaded gun and meth in an American trucker’s cab during an inspection at the Ambassador Bridge U.S.-Canada border crossing.
The three-week protest in Ottawa ends after police arrest 191 people and tow 76 vehicles during a massive operation targeting remaining truckers and Freedom Convoy supporters.
Some protesters surrendered peacefully and were taken into custody, while others were taken away in handcuffs.
Traffic resumes at the U.S.-Canada border in Coutts, Alberta, after protesters end a blockade under growing pressure from police and the Canadian government.
The Canadian government plans to go after the owners of trucks involved in protests and border blockades after the prime minister declared a national emergency.
Canadian police say they seized a weapons cache and made 11 arrests connected to a protest blocking the U.S.-Canada border in Coutts, Alberta.
Trucks begin moving across the Ambassador Bridge again, but protests continue to block traffic at two additional U.S.-Canada border crossings and disrupt traffic near a third.
The Ambassador Bridge has been cleared of protesters.
Canadian police officers begin operation to remove protesters blocking access to the Ambassador Bridge, the busiest commercial U.S-Canada border crossing.
