The major companies in the express industry would like to see a higher value limit for goods eligible for informal customs entry, and a higher maximum level for articles that can be imported duty free,….

This recession could lead to fundamental change in trucking comparable to the upheaval that followed motor carrier deregulation in 1980, says Transport Capital Partners, a Nashville, Tenn.-based financial consulting firm for transporters.

The whole world should be committed to overcoming the economic downturn and tackling protectionism head on, said British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on March 16.

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is once again defending the US hours-of-service regs from a stubborn group of special interest groups that continues to challenge the rules.