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This afternoon's headlines: Mexico lawmakers approve a bill making online transactions binding; Nissan Diesel to supply Renault Group with diesel engines starting in 2003; and Analysts rate Oshkosh Truck stock a strong buy.

Business owners and residents in downtown Laredo, Texas, wanted to know what millions of trucks running through their city and waiting at their bridges were doing to their air.

Truck manufacturers and carriers with a large inventory of used trucks with falling prices are casting their eyes wishfully south of the border to Mexico, but Nafta is complicating their dreams of exporting the glut.

This afternoon's headlines: Renault's Schweitzer says auto industry consolidation has reached its end; Missouri officials contemplate solutions to Interstate 70 congenstion; and DuPont holds dominant position in chemicals transport, storage.

A business group whose members include some of the biggest names in shipping is giving the federal government what it considers a well-deserved push to modernize the import process.

Cast adrift by American Trucking Associations, Information Technology and Logistics Council members say their mission is still vital and are evaluating three options for staying afloat.

In the news this morning: Arizona law forces big rigs into the right lane on rural interstates; Canadian truck dealers expect cabovers to make a comeback; and New Hampshire ends tolls on Connecticut River bridge.

Trucking’s crusade for an immediate increase in tax deductions for meal expenses on the road may have found renewed life in Congress, but that life could be shortened if a threatened presidential veto of other tax breaks materializes.

Gov. Dirk Kempthorne has finalized the legislative eradication of Idaho’s 49-year-old weight-distance tax.

The retail price of diesel fuel dropped below $1.40 a gallon for the first time in 13 weeks, but analysts are warning truckers not to get too happy because a price spike may be on the way.