Committees in the GOP-led Senate took aim at commercial transportation and emissions policies as they seek to finalize their response to the House-passed procedural budget package.

The Trump administration is taking steps that would make it easier for automakers to deploy-self driving cars without driver controls.

The trucking industry is facing a tepid financial outlook amid volatile market conditions compelled by the ongoing tariff-fueled global trade war, experts said.

Estes Express Lines is boosting its terminal capacity as it incorporates assets acquired from bankrupt motor carrier Yellow, President and Chief Operating Officer Webb Estes said.

After fresh negotiations in London, tariff rates remain essentially unchanged. Rare earth shipments from China are set to return to pre-April 2 conditions.

The drop in port activity came as importers and retailers — especially those with business in China — grappled with the uncertainty of Trump’s trade war.