Cross-Border
Roadrunner opens outbound Canada-to-U.S. LTL lanes, sets 5.9% GRI for Nov. 2
The Chicago-area LTL carrier now moves freight from Canada into 40-plus U.S. metros over the road only, and is raising base rates on its RDFS 501 and RDFS 1000 tariffs.
Cross-border freight reaches $160.6 billion in August as truck freight value jumps nearly 30%
U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics figures show U.S. freight trade with Canada and Mexico up 22.6% from a year earlier, with trucks carrying about two-thirds of the value.
US bans some Canadian alcohol, dairy and motorcycle imports under Section 338 and reworks 50% tariffs
Five proclamations signed Sept. 8, 2026, escalated the U.S. response to Canadian measures, adding import bans from Sept. 29 and changing which goods face the 50% duty.
US-Canada freight falls 9% in February while Mexico trade grows 7.1%, BTS says
February 2026 transborder freight totaled $130.8 billion, down 0.7% from a year earlier, as rail and pipeline flows fell and air rose sharply.
US ends duty-free de minimis entry for all countries
Starting Aug. 29, 2025, low-value shipments from every country lost the duty-free de minimis exemption, and CBP began rejecting Section 321 filings.
US pauses tariffs on Canada, Mexico for 30 days
President Donald Trump on Feb. 3, 2025, delayed 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods after both countries made border security commitments.
Canada's two biggest railroads lock out workers; Ottawa orders arbitration
CN and CPKC locked out Teamsters rail workers in August 2024, and within hours Canada's labor minister directed the dispute to binding arbitration.
Mexico tops Canada and China as top US trading partner for 2023
Full-year 2023 trade data put U.S.-Mexico trade at $798 billion, with Laredo, Texas, ranking as the nation's busiest trade gateway for the first time.
Mexico remains top US trading partner; Laredo leads gateways
Mexico was the largest U.S. trading partner in September 2023, the eighth time in nine months it held the top spot, Census data showed.
British Columbia port strike ends, but cross-border recovery seen taking weeks
Dockworkers at Canada's West Coast ports returned to work in July 2023 after a 13-day strike that backed up vessels and rail freight bound for the U.S.
US trade with Canada and Mexico climbs 21.8% in June, led by trucks
Bureau of Transportation Statistics data released in August 2022 showed $141.2 billion in North American freight in June, with trucks carrying 59% of it.
Ambassador Bridge reopens after police clear weeklong protest blockade
Police cleared protesters from the Windsor approach to the Ambassador Bridge in February 2022, ending a closure of nearly a week at a crossing that normally carries a quarter of Canada-U.S. trade.
Canada's vaccine rule for cross-border truckers takes effect after days of mixed messages
Starting Jan. 15, 2022, unvaccinated U.S. drivers were turned back at the Canadian border, and unvaccinated Canadian drivers faced testing and quarantine.
Freight with Canada and Mexico nearly doubled from pandemic low in May 2021
Federal data released in July 2021 showed $108.6 billion of U.S. transborder freight in May, up 93.8% from May 2020 and almost back to 2019 levels, with trucks moving most of it.