Plus: U.S. imports slow as tariffs bite, Mexico slaps 50% tariffs on Chinese goods, UP–NS defend their $85B merger amidst rival alliances, and more.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern say rival alliances prove their merger will strengthen competition, as CSX and CN tout new intermodal services linking Canada’s West Coast to Nashville.
Mexico plans tariffs of up to 50% on Chinese goods, reshaping North American trade flows as C.H. Robinson rolls out a new U.S.–Mexico consolidation service to cut costs.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seize 172 pounds of cocaine at Ysleta Port of Entry.
On January 3, 2024, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Ysleta Port of Entry Cargo Facility in El Paso, Texas, made a significant narcotics seizure, intercepting a substantial amount of illegal drugs.
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BP's Response and Impact:
Source: CBP Newsroom
Border officials in the U.S. and Canada seized more than $90 million in narcotics during August, uncovering cocaine and meth hidden in commercial truck shipments of produce, flowers, and metal.
Federal prosecutors revealed how cartel-linked drug trafficking networks used U.S. trucking to move narcotics and launder millions
Authorities intercepted 156 pounds of fentanyl and 44 pounds of meth in a tractor trailer, the largest fentanyl seizure in South Carolina history.
Federal agents seized 700 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in a semi truck of cucumbers at a Georgia warehouse; two individuals face federal drug charges.
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