Transport, Trade and Regulation News

For the fifth straight election cycle, voters got onboard with issuing bonds or raising taxes to increase road and bridge construction, as local and state government learn to rely less on federal dollars.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection today named Pete Flores as its new director of field operations in San Diego.

The commissioners of the United States International Trade Commission determined Nov. 7, in a 6-0 vote, that the U.S. market is negatively impacted by crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and modules imported from China.

Malaysia and the member nations of the European Free Trade Association – Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland – recently began negotiations on a free trade agreement between the two sides.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy held a meeting in New Delhi today, agreeing to cooperate in renewable energy...

India’s food processing sector has been growing faster than agriculture and manufacturing, which has the potential to earn foreign exchange by export of value-added farm produce...

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security has proposed a rule that would require voluntary self-disclosures of violations of the Export Administration Regulations...

Michigan voters on Tuesday rejected a ballot initiative that could have prevented the construction of a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, according to reports.

The world economy is generating headwinds for Canada; nevertheless, the outlook is brightening, a Royal Bank of Canada economist says.

Natural gas provider Clean Energy Fuels recently reported a net loss of $16.3 million in the third quarter, compared with a net loss of $11.4 million in the third quarter of 2011.

Expectations that exports will lead the U.S. economic recovery are increasing the burden on exporters and freight forwarders to update their internal compliance programs to abide by commercial regulations and security requirements.

U.S. beef and pork exports are trending lower in volume but up in value from the record year in 2011, according to the U.S. Meat Export Federation.

Few voters heading to the polls today will make their decision based on freight transportation and trade policy issues, but that won’t stop the election results from affecting shippers and transport providers in the years to come.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States is offering help to exporters in areas that have been declared federal disaster areas because of the impact of Hurricane Sandy.

Transportation and warehousing employment increased 2.2 percent in October from a year ago, but was essentially flat from the previous month.

Three key economic indicators suggest that Chinese manufacturing is recovering after being hit by months of decreased European and U.S. demand.

Hurricane Sandy is pounding the East Coast with severe winds and record-breaking surges.

Officials from the Export-Import Bank of the United States and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation have signed a co-financing agreement to facilitate future export transactions...

U.S. steel imports in September were 2.44 million tons, a decline of 8.8 percent compared with 2.67 million tons in August...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Oct. 24 in a Federal Register Notice that it is formalizing and expanding the Air Cargo Advance Screening pilot...

The central message of a study by the Federal Maritime Commission on the impact of the harbor maintenance fee on cargo routing might well be that the lack of a national freight policy, rather than the burden of the tax itself, is compromising the competitiveness of U.S. ports.

New Zealand has submitted proposals to the Global Shippers’ Forum, representing the freight transportation industry, to withdraw antitrust immunity for international shipping services...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — With Customs and Border Protection especially vigilant today in enforcing commercial trade regulations, a customs consultant told footwear industry executives.

The International Wood Products Association said a U.S. investigation into alleged below-cost sales of Chinese hardwood and decorative plywoods into the U.S. market could have “devastating unintended consequences.”

United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Minister of Commerce and Industry of the Government of Panama today agreed that...

Accredited Business Consolidators tentatively agreed to purchase 135 acres of land on the Bay of Bluefields, Nicaragua...

Export-Import Bank of the United States reported a fourth-straight record-breaking year, approving more than $35.8 billion in authorizations in fiscal year 2012...

Construction and mining equipment maker Caterpillar today lowered its profit and revenue outlook from between $68 and $70 billion to about $66 billion...

Construction of the Combo Project, a $121.5 million infrastructure investment along the Roberts Bank Rail Corridor in Surrey, British Columbia, was recently celebrated...

ICE Homeland Security Investigations special agents arrested Eric Prokopi, 38, of Gainesville, Fla., this week on charges regarding illegal imports of dinosaur fossils...

The World Trade Organization Appellate Body panel favored the U.S. in a dispute challenging China’s imposition on U.S. exports of grain oriented flat-rolled electrical steel.

The problems are familiar on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border: crumbling bridges; crowded, dangerous highways; and growing congestion along key rail corridors that lead to major ports.

The new Beijing leadership will likely unify transportation-related agencies under one office, providing more focused policy and regulation, but the transfer of power next month will also probably come with more protectionism, a close watcher of Chinese transport policy said.