Donald Trump Transportation News Updates

Government, Business, Fuel

Trump Advances Changes to Unleash Sales of Ethanol-Blend Gasoline

The Trump administration on March 12 advanced a plan meant to expand the U.S. market for corn-based ethanol and place trading restrictions on credits that refiners use to prove they are using biofuel.

March 12, 2019
Government, Business

Trump Budget Proposal Includes Cut in Crop Insurance Subsidies

President Donald Trump鈥檚 鈥淚 LOVE YOU!鈥 tweet to farmers is facing another challenge: Budget cuts that will slash subsidies for crop insurance and small growers.

March 12, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics

Pelosi Says Trump Willing to Work With Dems on Infrastructure

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said President Donald Trump 鈥渁ssured鈥 her that they could work together on two bipartisan priorities: increasing infrastructure spending and reining in drug prices.

March 8, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics

How a US-China Deal Might Reshape Global Trade

President Donald Trump says he has asked China to immediately remove all tariffs on U.S. agricultural products in what could be a huge blessing for American farmers. But how will global trade flows change in the event of a deal?

March 7, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics

Trump Plans to End Key Trade Preferences for India, Turkey

President Donald Trump announced plans to end key trade preferences for India and Turkey, in the latest move by the United States to counter what it calls unfair trade practices.

March 5, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel

Trump Attacks OPEC Again, Warning Against High Oil Prices

President Donald Trump resumed his attacks on OPEC, saying the world is too fragile to handle a price hike and urging the cartel to 鈥渞elax and take it easy.鈥

February 25, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics

Trump鈥檚 Extension of China Truce Gives Xi Breathing Room on Slowdown

Donald Trump鈥檚 decision to extend a deadline on additional tariffs on Chinese goods provides Xi Jinping with some temporary relief as he struggles to arrest an economic slowdown.

February 25, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics

US Tariffs Could Wreak Havoc on Auto Industry, Toyota President Says

Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda called on President Donald Trump to make a 鈥渃areful and appropriate decision鈥 on whether car imports to the United States are a national security threat, and potentially impose tariffs, to avoid possible ripple effects across the industry.

February 21, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics

US, China Crafting Foundation for Trade Deal, Source Says

U.S. and Chinese negotiators are working on multiple memorandums of understanding that would form the basis of a final trade deal, according to a person briefed on the talks.

February 21, 2019
Government

Trump to Nominate DOT Official Jeffrey Rosen for Deputy Attorney General Post

President Donald Trump plans to nominate Jeffrey Rosen as the new deputy attorney general, the White House said the night of Feb. 19.

February 20, 2019