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The U.S. agreed to drop its 145% tariff rate on Chinese goods by 115 percentage points to 30%, while China agreed to lower its rate on U.S. goods by the same amount to 10%.��

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Top leaders at the����and the����are expressing “serious concerns” to federal trucking regulators that entry-level driver training enforcement has not kept pace with the threat posed by unscrupulous entities graduating drivers without adequate preparation.

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The latest on how the Trump administration's approach to tariffs is impacting OEMs in the trucking industry. ��

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Driver Douglas Horn was fired for failing a drug test after using what he argued was a mislabeled CBD oil product to treat an injury.

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Oral-fluid drug testing for marijuana has a shorter detection window, up to 72 hours after use, which could increase marijuana use among truckers, experts say. Story by Eric Miller.��

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is reopening its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles rules as well as its Heavy-Duty Nitrous Oxide rule��as part of a sweeping review��of what an agency release described as the Biden administration’s “problematic” Clean Trucks Plan.��

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Political leaders representing states that border Canada and Mexico are sounding the alarm about how cross-border tariffs between those countries and the United States will impact their local economies, and their states’ residents.

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Thieves have targeted freight trains running through the deserts of California and Arizona in a string of audacious heists resulting in the theft of more than $2 million worth of new Nike sneakers, including many that haven’t hit the retail market yet, according to officials and court documents.��

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The Environmental Protection Agency has taken a first step aimed at rescinding the Biden administration’s waivers granted for California’s Advanced Clean Trucks and Omnibus low nitrogen oxides rules.��

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Newly appointed U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy��ordered a rewrite of more stringent U.S. fuel economy rules, following through on one of President Donald Trump’s first directives after he retook the White House.��

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State trucking associations are advocating for more feasible and cost-effective solutions in response to the implementation of the Advanced Clean Trucks regulation.��

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

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The WARN Act or, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act is a U.S. law requiring employers with 100 or more full-time employees to provide 60 days notice before mass layoffs or plant closures.

In June,����President Chris Spear traveled to Florida to meet with then-presidential candidate Donald Trump to gain insight into what the trucking industry might expect should Trump win a second White House term.��

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A federal appeals court has ruled that Rhode Island may reinstate its controversial truck-only tolling program, but deemed unconstitutional a set of caps that set limits on collection amounts.��

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The Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse-II regulation requires State Driver Licensing Agencies (SDLAs) to remove commercial driving privileges from truck drivers with a “prohibited” status in the Clearinghouse. A driver is considered prohibited if they engaged in drug or alcohol use or refused a drug or alcohol test.