Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer held a video call with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Dec. 5, according to China’s state-run news agency Xinhua.
December 5, 2025Transportation Compliance News
Transport Topics government and regulatory coverage keeps managers of a highly-regulated industry aware of the policy decisions that can shape their businesses. Covering both the legislative and regulatory aspects of policy-making, at both the state and national levels, the news in this category includes looks at infrastructure, hours of service, emissions rules, funding measures, leadership appointments, and more. Readers can follow what’s happening in Congress, at the Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, and in state and local governments.
First Brands Flails as Customers Don’t Know Who to Pay
First Brands is asking the judge overseeing its bankruptcy to set up a framework that will give comfort to clients that they can send money to the company without risk of double payment.
December 5, 2025NEVI Funds Available Again for EV Charging Networks
Dollars from the $5 billion infrastructure program that Joe Biden’s White House crafted to speed EV adoption are flowing again after the Trump administration froze the funds earlier this year.
December 5, 2025Inflation Indicator Eases Path to Interest Rate Cut
The data shows that inflation was muted in September and will bolster the case for a cut to the Fed’s key interest rate at its next meeting Dec. 9-10.
December 5, 2025Minnesota Catches FMCSA Heat for Non-Domiciled CDLs
“Our audit exposes yet another example of foreigners taking advantage of Minnesota services under Governor Walz’s watch,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.
December 5, 2025Dow's Transportation Average Blazes 9-Day Winning Streak
Equity traders looking for signs that a blistering stock market advance is set to continue may take their cue from the companies that move goods across America’s roads, rails and waterways.
December 5, 2025Fiscal 2026 Funding Bill Stuck in Congressional Negotiations
With less than a month before the end of the calendar year, congressional leaders have not announced a path forward for approving a fiscal 2026 transportation funding measure.
December 4, 2025Biofuel Producers Ask Trump For Year-Round E15 Sales
The American Petroleum Institute joined a coalition of biofuel producers and fuel retailers asking President Donald Trump to push Congress to develop legislation on the issue.
December 4, 2025Lawsuit Abuse Strains Trucking Industry
New research from ATRI examines the impact of tort litigation industrywide as well as myriad factors that were found to contribute to the outcomes of high-profile court cases.
December 4, 2025Texas DOT Studies New Interstate From Gulf Coast to Panhandle
The upgrade would deliver “significant statewide benefits,” including faster travel times, safer roads and more efficiency for commercial freight carriers, the feasability study says.
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