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Top of the News
Mexico retaliates for cross-border trucking program cut
By Justin Carretta, online news editor
Mexico has put tariffs of approximately $2.4 billion on about 90 U.S. goods from 40 states in a retaliatory measure after the U.S. ended the cross-border trucking program and prevented select Mexican trucks from operating beyond the U.S. border commercial zones




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Number-one Bottled Water Company has Reduced Idle Time by 41 Percent Thanks to Cadec’s Advanced Fleet Management Software.

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Equipment
Holland fifth wheel available on Freightliner trucks
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has announced the Holland FW aluminum fifth wheel is now available as an option on its Freightliner long-haul and heavy-duty models.




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Components
New components available from Navistar
Navistar has announced that its new MaxxPower brand components will soon be available for its International brand trucks, IC Bus brand school and commercial buses and Workhorse chassis products.




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Services
J.J. Keller updates FleetMentor service
A series of five enhancements to J.J. Keller & Associates’ FleetMentor online toolbox gives users an easier way to manage driver qualification (DQ) files within the service, according to the company.




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Maintenance
FleetNet starts training department
FleetNet America has announced the establishment of a new training department, to be led by Ronnie Moss, previously a TMcare fleet manager. The training agenda will be administered to all FleetNet personnel associated with any type of equipment maintenance, the company said.

Editors' Blogs
Trucking Straight Talk: Border politics
By Brian Straight, managing editor
The other shoe has dropped in the elimination of the cross-border program with Mexico. Many people, including Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, warned that the elimination of the program by the U.S. would have consequences. Turns out they were right, as Mexico has slapped tariffs on almost 90 U.S. exports, mostly industrial and agricultural products, according to Mexico’s state-run news organization.

Trucks at Work: Questioning climate change
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
Trucking needs to step up its presence in the climate change debate, especially now that more evidence is coming to light that the current global warming and cooling patterns we’re experiencing may not be so heavily driven by us humans as previously thought.

Trucking Around the World
Wabco signs supply deal with Chinese truckmaker
Belgian auto-parts supplier Wabco Holdings Inc. said Thursday it will supply China's largest heavy truck manufacturer with parts through 2016 in a deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars. ...

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