Chinese carmakers made up 14.2% of new BEV registrations in Western Europe's largest markets between January and May of 2026, up from 9.4% in that same period last year.

Among global trade pacts, has President Trump turned the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement into a member of the walking dead?

Canada has been vocal and active in pushing back against punitive tariffs, as well as Trump's repeated claimes he intends to make the country the "51st State."

Trump is rebuilding a tariff wall that was struck down in February 2026, when the Supreme Court ruled levies issued under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act were illegal.

Before FreightOptics, the manufacturer didn’t have its own contracted rates and relied solely on the default rates available through its TMS provider. Shipment data was entered by hand, parcel and freight invoices moved through separate batches, and suppliers booked freight directly. Transportation decisions, carrier costs, and billing were spread across disconnected processes.

Cost pressure has become a defining challenge for automotive supply chains. Demand volatility, shifting trade dynamics, transportation disruptions and evolving production footprints are forcing manufacturers and suppliers to balance cost, service and resilience in increasingly complex operating environments.

According to The Wall Street Journal, BMW has started a "voluntary redundancy program" agreed to with employee representatives. 

The White House pointed to GM's $6 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing, as well as smaller investments by Ford, Stellantis and Detroit Diesel.

Detroit bridge crossings have particular significance for maintaining the supply chains of the automotive industries of the U.S. and Canada.

The battery passport often reads as a regulatory burden, just another rule from Brussels. In practice, it’s something more useful.