cross-border trade

US to hit Canada with aluminum tariffs, report says

A truck hauls metal in a flatbed trailer. Renewed tariffs on aluminum imports from Canada could impact speciality cross-border trucking.

The United States is preparing to re-impose tariffs on aluminum imports from Canada, according to Bloomberg. The move could disrupt cross-border supply chains by leading U.S. companies to re-source aluminum. 

The Trump administration is planning to restore a 10% tariff on July 1 in the event Canada refuses to cut exports, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources. The tariffs would come on the same day that the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) takes effect.

The revival of aluminum...

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US border agents finding more marijuana in trucks from Canada

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection dog with a marijuana found as part of a surge of drug seizures from truck shipments coming from Canada.

When U.S. border officers inspected a Canadian truck at the Peace Bridge near Buffalo, New York, last Saturday, they found 3,100 pounds of marijuana hidden in a shipment of peat moss. The $5 million haul, while unusually large, is part of a surge in drug seizures at the Canada-U.S. border, officials said.

Less than two weeks earlier, at the same bridge, U.S. border officers found $3 million worth of marijuana hidden in crates of coffee grounds. The drivers in both cases were arrested on federal...

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US-Canada border closure has silver linings, customs broker says

Trucks crossing the U.S.-Canada border.

Since the United States-Canada border closed to nonessential travel in March, trucks have continued to move goods between the countries freely, even benefiting from the drop in car traffic. But one particular corner of the supply chain stopped in its tracks: the informal cross-border logistics of ordinary Canadians and small businesses.

“When the borders closed, getting those items across got more difficult,” Graham Robins, president and CEO of Vancouver-based A & A Customs Brokers, told...

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Borderlands: Avocado importer to build Laredo hub; Daimler Trucks Mexico appoints first female plant manager in Saltillo

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mission Produce to open vast avocado distribution center in Laredo; RCR Rail Co. marks groundbreaking for new Taylor Logistics Park; Daimler Trucks Mexico appoints first female plant manager in Saltillo; CBP seizes 577 of pounds marijuana from shipment of plastic scrap.

Mission Produce to open vast avocado distribution center in Laredo, Texas

Mission Produce will build...

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US to Canada truck border crossings rebound

A view from a live web camera of trucks crossing the U.S-Canada border via the Peace Bridge

The number of trucks crossing the U.S.-Canada border reached its highest level since late March, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) data shows.

Nearly 86,000 truckers entered Canada from the U.S. during the week ending May 31. That represents a decline of almost 22% compared to a year ago, the CBSA said late on Wednesday, June 3.

U.S. freight volumes have surged since the Memorial Day weekend. (Video: FreightWaves)

The latest data point offers yet another positive signal for cross-border freight

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Many SMEs unsure how to benefit from new USMCA trade pact with Mexico and Canada

Many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the country remain uncertain how the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will impact business, according to a new survey from DHL.

DHL’s 2020 International Trade Impact and Outlook survey also found that optimism for doing business in North America was down. Only 30% of U.S. businesses said Canada and Mexico would be a central business focus in 2020, compared to 55% of respondents last year.

Eugene Laney, head of international...

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