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Trucking lobby warns against Trump’s tariffs on Mexico and Canada

The American Trucking Associations sees danger ahead for the trucking industry unless the Trump administration changes course on the latest tariffs imposed on Mexico and Canada.

In a statement, ATA President and CEO Chris Spear underscored support for the administration in taking action to combat both illegal drugs and illegal immigration that flow across the border – which is why President Donald Trump says he has allowed the new tariffs on the two countries, along with China, to go into effect...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trucking-lobby-warns-against-trumps-tariffs-on-mexico-and-canada

Bill aims to speed cross-border freight, intercept illegal drugs

WASHINGTON — New legislation aimed at catching drug smugglers at the border will also speed truck and container inspections into and out of the U.S., according to lawmakers.

The Contraband Awareness Technology Catches Harmful (CATCH) Fentanyl Act, introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday by Reps. Clay Higgins, R-La., and Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., authorizes U.S. Customs and Border Protection to create a pilot program using “next-generation technology,” including potentially...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/bill-aims-to-speed-cross-border-freight-intercept-illegal-drugs

DHL e-Commerce expands operations to Saudi Arabia

DHL’s e-commerce logistics business will acquire a minority interest in the Saudi Arabian parcel carrier Ajex Logistics Services, the companies announced on Monday. 

The transaction enables DHL e-Commerce, which provides international and domestic shipping services for merchants with lightweight parcels in select European and Asia countries, as well as the United States, to enter the rapidly growing Saudi Arabian e-commerce parcel market. 

Ajex Logistics Services has developed an extensive...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dhl-e-commerce-expands-operations-to-saudi-arabia

Trucking braces for immigration crackdowns

WASHINGTON — Trucking companies, independent contractors and owner-operators may start seeing enhanced scrutiny of their business as a result of several Trump administration executive orders aimed at clamping down on illegal immigration.

Hadeel Abouhasira. Credit: Holland & Knight

Four in particular — the America First Trade Policy, Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats, Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trucking-braces-for-immigration-crackdowns

Reshoring Institute advises companies on returning to America

In the latest Bring It Home podcast, Rosemary Coates, executive director of the Reshoring Institute, spoke on economic and supply chain factors influencing a company’s decision to bring production back to the U.S.

Bring It Home celebrates the manufacturing renaissance, reindustrialization and reshoring taking place across North America. Its co-hosts are Craig Fuller, founder and CEO of Firecrown Media, and JP Hampstead, strategic analyst at Firecrown.

The Reshoring Institute

Coates has been a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/reshoring-institute-advises-companies-on-returning-to-america

Unión de maquinistas: aranceles sobre los metales canadienses un ‘intestino’ para los trabajadores

Los líderes de la Asociación Internacional de Machinistas (IAM) emitieron una declaración el miércoles condenando las tarifas anunciadas del presidente Donald Trump sobre las importaciones de acero y aluminio de Canadá a los Estados Unidos. El lunes, Trump dijo que impondrá un 25% de arancel sobre...

https://fullavantenews.com/union-de-maquinistas-aranceles-sobre-los-metales-canadienses-un-intestino-para-los-trabajadores/?lang=es

Machinists union: Tariffs on Canadian metals a ‘gut punch’ to workers

Leaders of the International Association of Machinists (IAM) issued a statement on Wednesday condemning President Donald Trump’s announced tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada to the U.S.

On Monday, Trump said he will impose a 25% tariff on all imported steel and aluminum entering the U.S. The move is expected to largely impact trade partners Mexico and Canada, which export billions of dollars in aluminum and steel annually to the U.S.
IAM International President Brian Bryant –...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/machinists-union-tariffs-on-canadian-metals-a-gut-punch-to-workers

Exclusivo: Gaia Dynamics usa IA para ayudar a los cargadores a salvar en cumplimiento, tarifas

Dinámica de Gaia está utilizando herramientas de IA para acelerar y optimizar el cumplimiento de la aduana. Dirigido por el cofundador y CEO Emil Stefanutti y cofundador y empresario Andrew Ng’s Fondo AIGaia Dynamics es una plataforma tecnológica que tiene como objetivo simplificar el cumplimiento de la regulación transfronteriza. La startup con sede en Miami, […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Gaia Dynamics uses AI to help shippers save on compliance, tariffs

Gaia Dynamics is using AI tools to speed up and streamline customs compliance.

Led by co-founder and CEO Emil Stefanutti and co-founder and entrepreneur Andrew Ng’s AI Fund, Gaia Dynamics is a technology platform that aims to simplify cross-border regulation compliance.

The Miami-based startup, which launched Tuesday, uses AI to automatically assign harmonized tariff schedule (HTS) codes to products at a 92% accuracy level within 30 seconds. 

It takes most people at least 15 minutes to complete...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/exclusive-gaia-dynamics-uses-ai-to-help-shippers-save-on-compliance-tariffs

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