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The nationwide average retail price reached $5.044 a gallon on March 16, according to AAA, up by more than a third since the Iran conflict began. 

The moving and storage industry faces potential tailwinds from factors like bigger tax returns in Q2, even as economic obstacles remain.

The Senate Commerce Committee has advanced a slate of transportation nominees, including a National Transportation Safety Board member seeking another term.

While rates are high, they signal that coverage is available for the few vessels still moving through the waterway. The question is whether shipowners are willing to make the transit.

After years of being antagonized by President Trump, U.S. allies in Europe and Asia are in no hurry to heed his demand that they send ships into a war he started and has claimed to have won.

China’s international trade representative said the Chinese side had expressed concern about trade investigations into manufacturing in foreign countries that the U.S. has launched.

The strike follows accusations from union officials that owner JBS USA retaliated against workers and committed other unfair labor practices amid contract negotiations. 

Louisiana prosecutors and truckers are seeking justice in a trial involving attorneys accused of staging accidents with commercial vehicles.

President Trump has suggested he may delay the trip as he seeks to ramp up the pressure on Beijing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz and calm oil prices that have soared during the Iran war.

The U.S. is demanding changes to the treaty, and the top U.S. trade negotiator has said the president would be willing to pull the U.S. out of the pact if he can’t get the deal he wants.