WHAT THE TRUCK?!?
Arkansas passes new bill fining truckers who can’t speak English … is it enough?
On Episode 826 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is joined by OOIDA’s Lewie Pugh to talk about a new bill in Arkansas fining truckers who cannot speak English sufficiently. Will it be enough to keep our roads safe or should noncompliant drivers be put out of service? The trade war is a constantly evolving situation causing some industries to freeze in their tracks. Vinturas’ Alexander Style stops by to talk about how tariffs are impacting his clients in the OEM, automotive and trucking space. Shippers are getting tempted by foreign forwarders to commit classification and country-of-origin fraud; what do we need to look out for? In headlines, tender volumes drop 9% year over year; intermodal benefits from freight pull forward; Trump exempts smartphones and computers from tariffs; more.