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The Canadian Trucking Alliance told a government panel Monday it supports an amendment to the country’s Customs Act that would take some responsibility for shipments entering Canada from carriers and put it on other parties in the supply chain.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Despite the drop in attendance and the number of exhibitors at the Mid-America Trucking Show, the aisles of the Kentucky Exposition Center’s three main halls — containing the products of nearly 1,000 vendors — included an astounding array of new products and updated equipment.

<?xml:namespace prefix = o />Consumer confidence rose in March but remained near a record low, the Conference Board said Tuesday.

Delphi Corp. has agreed to its global suspension and brake business to Chinese firm BeijingWest Industries Co., Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

The second major snowstorm in a week hit the Northern Plains with more than a foot of snow Monday, closing hundreds of miles of major highways and causing major collisions, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.

New York Gov. David Paterson (D) ruled out tolling 13 free bridges over the East and Harlem rivers in New York City as a funding source for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the New York Post reported.

Surface transportation trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico plunged 27.2%, the biggest percentage decline on record, to $47.5 billion in January from a year ago, the Department of Transportation said Tuesday.

Passage of this legislation — the Employee Free Choice Act, also known as “card check” — would further erode American business competitiveness in the global marketplace.

For as long as there has been a trucking industry, fleet equipment and maintenance executives have complained that dealer service operations bills are too high and fail to provide accurate and timely estimates and vehicle repairs.