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The automaker is stopping the assembly line that made BrightDrop vans in Ontario. Its future was in doubt after GM announced in April it would halt production for months because of weak demand.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada is in “intensive negotiations” with the U.S. and that he expects to see President Donald Trump at the APEC summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, next week. 

The soft drink maker is limited by the U.S. supply of cane sugar and its ability to ramp up production in glass bottles, CFO John Murphy said.

Amid a wide-ranging agenda of complex geopolitical and trade issues, Washington continues to press Beijing, the world’s largest agricultural importer, to increase purchases of soybeans. 

AAA Cooper Transportation, Midwest Motor Express and DHE Transportation would all be housed under the one brand from the start of 2026, President and CEO Charlie Prickett wrote.

The pipeline project will carry fuels from as far away as the Midwest to augment supplies sent by refiners in Washington State and Asia. 

Walmart has been keeping food prices competitive in a bid to pick up market share. Its grocery business is less exposed to import duties than consumer products like car seats and apparel.

Beijing and Washington have sparred over shipping, with China introducing a hefty extra fee on vessels known to have American links, following a similar U.S. move.

CEO Mary Barra thanked President Donald Trump for extending through 2030 a tariff discount on some imports for carmakers that produce and sell completed automobiles in the U.S.

“California does require ELP and tests for it as a condition of receiving a CDL, and you can read that for yourself,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a social media post.

Stellantis reaffirmed its commitment to its Italian manufacturing operations, making a pledge to hire 400 additional workers to bolster production at its Mirafiori plant in Turin.

Small businesses challenging many of President Trump’s tariffs urged the Supreme Court to affirm lower-court rulings that the import levies are a massive illegal tax on American companies.

President Trump signed an agreement with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to boost access to critical minerals and rare earths, as the U.S. looks to reduce reliance on China.

Mexico has recovered as much as $10.9 billion in tax revenue this year due to the government’s efforts to stop illegal fuel imports, the head of Mexico’s customs agency said Oct. 20.

States are detailing their responses to a U.S. Department of Transportation edict to restrict access to commercial driver licenses and permits for non-domiciled drivers.

Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the October 20, 2025 print edition.

U.S. beef prices have been stubbornly high for a variety of reasons, including drought and reduced imports from Mexico due to a flesh-eating pest in cattle herds there.

The company’s five-year midterm plan to be unveiled next year will include details on stock buybacks and an investment of 100 billion yen to build two production facilities in Europe or Asia.

Cleveland-Cliffs said two of its sites, one in Michigan and another in Minnesota, show “key indicators of rare-earth mineralization.”