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UPS plans to offer voluntary buyouts to union-represented delivery truck drivers as the company works to slim down its operations.

President Donald Trump’s trade deal with Vietnam targets practices China has long used to skirt U.S. tariffs: the shifting of production to Southeast Asia and the “origin washing” of exports.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met with automotive executives July 2 to discuss how to help auto plants that have been choked by U.S. tariffs.

Del Monte Foods filed for bankruptcy, less than a year after executing a controversial debt restructuring.

U.S. employers added 147,000 jobs in June as the American labor market continues to show surprising resilience despite uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s economic policies. 

In Mexico, attempts to rob truck cargo jumped by more than a third in the first two months of 2025. “It’s old-school crime,” said Troy Ryley, Mexico president of Echo Global Logistics.

An analysis finds that a critical group of U.S. employers would face a direct cost of $82.3 billion from President Donald Trump’s current tariff plans.

“Every state must follow federal regulations and ensure only qualified, properly documented drivers are getting behind the wheel of a truck,” Secretary Sean Duffy said.

Traton Group plans to merge its global research and development operations under one umbrella.

President Donald Trump said he is not considering delaying his July 9 deadline for higher tariffs to resume and renewed his threat to cut off talks and impose duty rates on several nations.

African ride-hailing startup Moove is close to raising $1.2 billion in a debt round that will help it finance a rollout of an autonomous-driving fleet with Waymo and expand in the U.S.

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A U.S. government and Texas partnership has resulted in more than 1,000 truckers losing their CDLs permanently for smuggling people and drugs across the U.S. border with Mexico.

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