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There are reasons to be cautiously optimistic that, for the trucking industry, the worst of the current economic downturn may be behind us. For the less optimistic, it appears that at a minimum, things aren’t likely to get much worse before they get better.

The New York Stock Exchange announced on Friday that it was suspending trading in American Depositary Receipts of Mexican truck manufacturer Consorcio G. Grupo Dino.

he U.S. average pump price for diesel fuel fell 3.8 cents in the past week, to 148.0 cents per gallon as of Feb. 19, the Energy Department reported Tuesday afternoon.

The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is considering a truck driver pilot program from the Truckload Carriers Association that would put 18- to 21-year-olds behind the wheel.

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Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott told a closed-door meeting this week of American Trucking Associations’ Executive Committee not to expect tax cuts for business in the $1.6 trillion tax bill now before Congress, but to wait for another bill later this year or in 2002.

Resolving the ban on free access throughout the United States by Mexican truckers is one of the main items U.S. President Bush and President Fox of Mexico will discuss Friday when they meet at Fox’s ranch in San Cristobal, White House aides said.

Production by U.S. factories, mines and utilities fell 0.3% in January after a 0.5% drop in December, the Federal Reserve reported Friday in a report that has strong implications for trucking shipments.