Supply chains are beginning to finally unclog after two years of back-up
The nation’s two largest ports, Los Angeles and Long Beach were home to 109 containerships queuing off the coast as recently as January of 2022.
Western auto supply chain has been linked to labor abuse of Chinese Uyghurs
A new report issued by a team of researchers led by Laura T. Murphy (a professor of human rights and contemporary slavery at the U.K.’s Sheffield Hallam University) has made a disheartening conclusion.
Netherlands to slow down exports of chipmaking equipment to China
The Dutch foreign trade ministry and the White House’s National Security Council, while declining to comment officially, seem to have struck up a deal.
Inflation and hiring are head-to-head, and hiring is winning
Despite stubbornly-high inflation and slowing economic woes, the economy has added 263,000 jobs and kept the unemployment rate at a low 3.7%.
Regardless of pushes for more taxpayer money, the USPS is supposed to be self-sufficient, by law
The issue is now decades-old, but still persistent. The United States Postal Service is desperate for reform, even after taxpayer money is continually dumped into it.
The House of Representatives passed legislation blocking a railroad labor strike
President Joe Biden publically urged Congress to intervene just two days prior, suggesting that a rail shutdown would devastate the economy.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo insists America doesn’t want to cut ties with China
Raimondo vocalized this in a speech on Wednesday, despite the obvious and glaring steps America is taking to protect its technological and military prowess from Beijing.
Capitol Christmas Tree hauled by hauled by Hardy Brothers Trucking to DC
On a Kenworth T680 Next Gen, Hardy Brothers Trucking carried the 78-ft. tall red spruce called "Ruby” from the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina to the Capitol building.
The Netherlands isn’t submitting to the United States’ chip industry interests
Dutch officials have refused the White House’s not-so-subtle attempts to curtail The Netherlands’ sale of chipmaking equipment to China.
Shippers desperate for Congress intervention to avoid rail strike
While retailers continue to bite their nails in anxiousness over a looming railroad strike, shippers are begging for Congress to further intervene.
US DOT wants to reduce highway fatalities
With the trucking industry as the star of the show, U.S. transportation secretary, Pete Buttigieg, participated in World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDR).
California has a plan and the world is looking to follow it
California’s CALSTART Drive to Zero program aims for 100% of new medium- and heavy-duty vehicle sales to be zero-emission by 2040.
Dependence on Taiwan-made semiconductor chips is hurting the U.S.
Around 65% of the global semiconductor supply is originating from Taiwan - another 90% when it comes to the smallest type of semiconductor chip.
President Biden states that Elon Musk’s ties to other countries are “worth looking into”
While being quick to say that he is not being accusatory of wrongdoing, the President’s response to the question about Musk at a recent White House press conference raised some eyebrows.
The EU & the US are going head-to-head over the Inflation Reduction Act
In the recently-passed IRA bill, the United States is offering tax benefits to those renewable energy companies operating domestically.
Senator Elizabeth Warren takes a stand against Big Tech
She made her case in a six-page letter to the United States’ top antitrust enforcers, including Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, and Jonathan Kanter, who heads up the antitrust division of the Justice Department.
The Great “Tech War” between the U.S. and China is underway
The United States Department of Commerce placed 31 Chinese tech companies on an “unverified list” in early October causing some commotion.
If you want better highways, blame the politicians
Says, the politician: Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) who spoke at the American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition in San Diego, California.
The United States and Saudi Arabia are battling over oil
While the relationship between the two countries is critical, United States officials are vocalizing angry sentiments at the Saudi-led OPEC decision to cut oil production.
President Biden shrugs off Xi Jinping’s concerns about semiconductor production
That was the point, after all.