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Marc Gustafson resigned Feb. 2 as president of Volvo Trucks North America after four years that saw sales of Class 8 tractors from the U.S.

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A closely watched, early indicator of factory activity from U.S. mid-Atlantic states showed regional manufacturing shrank in February for the third consecutive month.

WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush said Feb. 7 that Mexican trucks carrying international cargo will be permitted to operate throughout the U.S., reversing a long-standing Clinton administration policy against the open-border trucking provision of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

AUSTIN, Texas — The Bush administration’s announcement that it will allow Mexican trucks to haul goods throughout the United States was met with little fanfare along the Texas border last week. In fact, the consensus across the state is “business as usual” for the foreseeable future and beyond.

The Texas and U.S. departments of transportation have failed to provide adequate funding for sorely needed border infrastructure such as more roads to facilitate truck traffic that is growing rapidly because of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Sonja Wood, a local musician and social activist, wants to make Nova Scotia’s Highway 101, a heavily traveled trucking route, safer for commuters and truckers — and she is willing to go to any lengths to force the province into action.

The financial dispute over a federally mandated antilock brake system warning light is apparently being resolved, less