Donald Trump Transportation News Updates

Government, Business, Fuel

Oil Traders Expect OPEC+ to Stick With Supply Plan Next Week

Oil traders expect OPEC+ to stick with its current supply policy at a review meeting next week, resisting pressure from President Donald Trump to open the taps and bring down crude prices.

January 27, 2025
Government, Business

Canada, Mexico Steelmakers Refuse New US Orders

Some steelmakers in Canada and Mexico are telling customers that they are refusing new orders to the U.S. on concerns that President Donald Trump soon will reimpose duties.

January 24, 2025
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Trump Freeze Pauses Automatic Braking Rule

The Trump administration will review a rule adopted under President Joe Biden that would require carmakers to install automatic emergency braking systems on new vehicles.

January 24, 2025
Government, Business

Ontario Leader Will Call Election to Fight Trump Tariffs

TORONTO 鈥 The leader of Ontario said Jan. 24 he will be calling an election next week because he needs a mandate to fight U.S. President Donald Trump鈥檚 threatened tariffs.

January 24, 2025
Government, Business, Technology

Michigan EV Industry Responds to Trump Policy Changes

DETROIT 鈥 There is optimism about the EV industry's future in Michigan, a state retooling from America鈥檚 most recognizable auto hub to its No. 1 destination for electric vehicle investment.

January 24, 2025
Government, Business, Fuel

Trump鈥檚 Return to OPEC Politics Complicates Oil Talks

U.S. President Donald Trump has raised the stakes for a meeting of an OPEC+ ministerial panel next month, with his call for the group to lower oil prices.

January 24, 2025
Government, Business

Trudeau Says Americans Will Pay More if Trump Sets Tariffs

TORONTO 鈥 Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Jan. 23 that American consumers will pay more whenever President Donald Trump decides to apply tariffs on Canadian products.

January 24, 2025
Government, Business, Technology

Trump Takes Aim at EV Policies With New Energy Order

WASHINGTON 鈥 President Donald Trump signed an executive order meant to advance domestic oil and gas production and halt programs enacted during the Biden administration to boost adoption of EVs.

January 23, 2025
Government, Business

Tariffs: First Days of the Trump Administration

President Donald Trump said Jan. 20 that he expects to put聽25% tariffs on Canada聽and Mexico starting on Feb. 1, while declining to flesh out his plans for taxing Chinese imports.聽 聽

January 23, 2025
Government, Business, Fuel

Trump Urges Lower Oil Prices, Interest Rate Cuts at Davos

President Donald Trump said he would ask Saudi Arabia and other OPEC nations to 鈥渂ring down the cost of oil鈥 and reiterated his threat to use tariffs to bring manufacturing back to the U.S.聽

January 23, 2025