As U.S. President Donald Trump sticks with his campaign of tariffs on imports from Canada, some American industries are accusing Canadian competitors of using cheap materials from China in ways that violate free trade rules and undercut U.S. companies. The accusations emerged during recent public hearings in Washington into the future of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). During the hearings, leaders from a wide range of business sectors urged the Trump administration

South Africa’s Competition Commission has referred a case of alleged collusion and price fixing against eight of the world’s largest container carriers to its Tribunal for prosecution. The case alleges that for over a decade, the carriers conducted a price-fixing scheme. The Commission, which operates under a 1989 law, investigates the cases and if it finds sufficient information, refers the situation to the Tribunal for prosecution. There is also a Competition Appeal Court.

Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Truckers lift nationwide blockades after reaching deal; Jisu Fortune arrives in Mexico with more than 5,000 vehicles from China; and Dual Borgstena opens a new automotive plant in Coahuila, creating up to 900 jobs. Truckers lift nationwide blockades after reaching deal Mexican truckers and farmers began removing most highway and border blocka

The Ontario government is providing $16.5 million through the Ontario Together Trade Fund (OTTF) to help companies and workers impacted by U.S. tariffs, supporting initiatives to increase resilience, build capacity and re-shore critical supply chains to the province. The first round of funding totals over $120 million in investments across eight companies, creating more than 300 new jobs and protecting nearly 1,200 existing positions. “As U.S. tariffs continue to threaten Ont

Nearly half (49%) of U.S. transportation leaders say AI reshaped how they managed this year’s Q4 peak season, according to Breakthrough’s Peak Shipping Season Pulse. In the survey of 300 industry decision-makers, leaders cited AI’s value in anticipating shifting freight demand (47%) and managing rising transportation and fuel costs (48%). As Q4 2025 approached, transportation teams were juggling rising fuel costs, tariffs, and tighter budgets. For many, AI became the tool tha

The Houthi militant group in Yemen has announced a suspension of maritime operations against Israel and formally ended its naval blockade of Israeli ports, marking a significant shift in Red Sea shipping security. The announcement came through a formal letter sent to Hamas’s military wing, Kata’ib al Qassam, by newly appointed Houthi Chief of Staff Yousef Hassan Al Madani, who assumed the role following the death of his predecessor, Mohammed Al Ghamari, in Israeli airstrikes.

Vietnam is working to sign a trade agreement with the United States soon, Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son said on Wednesday, as a new round of negotiations gets underway in Washington. In October, the two countries agreed to finalise a trade deal within weeks that would maintain U.S. tariffs of 20% on its imports of Vietnamese goods, but exempt some unspecified products from the new duty imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump in August. Son urged U.S. businesses at a conf

Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is taking a major step forward in its ongoing digital transformation with the deployment of Deep Turnaround — an artificial intelligence (AI) platform developed by Aviation Solutions, a subsidiary of Royal Schiphol Group. According to a release today, the technology is designed to optimize the aircraft turnaround process — the crucial period between an aircraft’s arrival and its next departure — to make airside operations more efficient,