Transport, Trade and Regulation News

A rail regulatory reform bill is still stuck in shadowy Senate-industry negotiations.

When the United States imposed Section 421 safeguard duties of up to 35 percent on tire imports from China this month, much of the trade world reacted like fight fans eager for an all-out brawl.

Advocates for reforming the country’s antiquated export control regime have been voices in the wilderness for years. Now it seems someone is listening.

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The Group of 20, or G-20 nations, will permanently replace the G-8 as the main forum for international economic cooperation, giving more influence to developing nations, officials said at the G-20 Sum

Federal transportation construction programs spent $3.145 billion through Sept. 18 on highways, bridges and other repairs ranging from transit systems to airports to inland ports and railroads.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s $1.5 billion discretionary grant pool won’t come anywhere close to meeting its requests, as states and other transport groups sent in applications for

New orders and shipments of manufactured durable goods fell in August after increases in July, giving the recovery a choppiness many economists predicted.

In two separate cases announced Thursday, the European Union said that it is slapping antidumping duties against Chinese and other suppliers of aluminum foil and seamless steel pipes and tubes.

Congress will not pass a new transportation authorization bill until after the 2010 elections, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Thursday morning.

Three U.S. paper companies joined with the union that represents 6,000 of their employees in a complaint to the World Trade Organization accusing China and Indonesia of improper subsidies.

A three-month extension of current federal highway spending programs cleared the House of Representatives Sept.

Japanese trade with the world market slid deeper in August as exports tumbled 36 percent and imports plunged 41 percent, compared with August of last year.

7-Eleven named 32-year logistics and transportation veteran Bill Merrigan vice president of logistics for its network of convenience stores in North America.

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The House of Representatives broke into a sharp fight over extending federal highway program spending by three months, as Republican leaders tried to force backers to pledge they would take a motor fu

Choice Logistics, a mission-critical service parts specialist, hired Erik Rodriguez as director of global distribution.

The House passed a new extension of funding for the Federal Aviation Administration Wednesday, as members conceded they still can't cope with a broader and long-delayed plan that would overhaul the na

The chairman of a key Senate subcommittee today told trucking industry official Anne S.

The deep global recession is over and a new expansion has already begun, according to a new report by IHS Global Insight, the economic research firm.

The global recession is putting unprecedented pressure on third-party logistics providers, according to an industry survey released Sept.

The New York Times joined labor and highway safety interests opposed to the nomination of state trucking association leader Anne S.

Members of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals elected officers and appointed chairs to the group’s 2009-2010 board of directors during the annual business meeting held Sept.

World Trade Organization (WTO) director-general Pascal Lamy said Tuesday that he was cautious about prospects for concluding the Doha Round of global trade negotiations despite the detailed "work

President Obama said he will nominate Alan D. Bersin as commissioner for the Customs and Border Protection agency.

In the face of insistence by leaders in the House of Representatives to extend soon-to-expire federal highway programs by only three months, some senators are beginning to move away from plans for an

China appealed the Aug.

Total U.S. imports of steel declined 13.8 percent to 854,000 tons in August compared with 991,000 tons in July, based on preliminary reporting.

Kenny Nova joined Aljex Software as vice president, corporate development.

State highway officials warn that unless Congress acts, they will lose $8.7 billion in money allocated for projects ranging from interstate highway maintenance to safe routes for school buses on Oct.

The Coast Guard will hold six public meetings to gather public comment on proposed rules to stop the spread of foreign and nuisance organisms by way of ships’ ballast water.

The House this week will consider two stopgap transportation bills to keep the Federal Aviation Administration and the highway program operating through the end of 2009 with no changes in programs or

Customs and Border Protection is moving to larger quarters for the 2009 edition of its annual trade symposium. The annual Washington, D.C., event will be at the Walter E.

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue is calling for a short-term extension of the current highway bill, rather than an 18-month extension.

Global crude steel production reached 106.5 million metric tons in August, 5.5 percent lower than August of 2008, according to the Brussels-based World Steel Association.

Oilfield service company Baker Hughes hired CEVA Logistics to manage all inbound and outbound Australasia freight logistics, CEVA announced today.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Monday announced $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding for 43 state and local transit agencies.

The Transportation and Security Administration's candidate technology list for air cargo inspection includes four products made by Torrance, Calif.-based Rapsican Systems.

The European Union should add port services to the list of areas where creating a large single market can boost its long-term economic growth, said the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperatio