Carriers can now purchase usage-based, pay-per-load annual insurance directly through their transportation management system, with the ability to flex coverage limits on demand.

Among the “Plan Mexico” priorities are to speed up the permit process for exporting manufacturers that import materials duty-free and boost the purchase of locally made goods.

The latest technologies offer a vision of the future where sales associates are empowered to make consumers feel they are seen and known, not impersonal data caches.

While the exact scope of proposed new tariffs remains unclear, businesses can take proactive steps to prepare and reduce their risk of exposure.

China will continue to see multiple pathogens fueling its winter illness outbreak through spring, the country’s CDC said in December 2024.

Diversion of future shipments to West Coast ports would become more difficult and costly if a stoppage was prolonged as ships back-up and remain unloaded, reducing available capacity.

Uncertainty regarding whether Trump will actually impose the tariffs he has proposed is a matter of intense speculation.

The bill would mandate that at least 40% of a corporation’s board of directors be chosen directly by employees.

Trump has repeatedly said tariffs will create more factory jobs, shrink the federal deficit, lower food prices and allow the government to subsidize childcare. Economists disagree.

The two sides similarly reached a preliminary agreement in 2019, but never signed it.