Government

After more than a year of virtual meetings with Members of Congress, TIA’s Government Affairs team is preparing for a return to an in-person gatherings at the 2021 TIA Policy Forum, September 28-29, in Washington, D.C.

Though new cases of COVID-19 continue to drop across the country, extreme ordering and waves of panic hoarding during the pandemic seriously impacted consumer behavior and supply chains. Truckers were happy today, but how will that look in a year—or more.

The long-awaited Biden transportation plan ranges from modernization of more than 20,000 miles of highway infrastructure that will have direct impacts on supply chain and freight.

Though the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has been on the books since July 1, 2020, the honeymoon is over—time to get you Customs house in order.

Forecasting a relative calm for 2021, noted economist Noël Perry discusses the economic landscape, analyzing the factors driving the freight markets in the last half of 2020 and what to expect as we round the COVID-19 corner in 2021.

TIA’s Government Affairs team is already working with new and returning Members of Congress on a litany of action items including the so-called “rate transparency” issue, working across the aisle, across chambers and across branches of government to advocate on behalf of TIA Members.

A look back at the ups, downs and rapid swings in the freight transportation market during the past year, and more importantly, what can we expect from the industry as we move into 2021.

From advocating for “essential worker” status at the onset of the pandemic, to aggregating emergency status information and day-to-day lobbying efforts on the rate transparency issue, TIA’s Government Affairs team works tirelessly for its members.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light questions concerning the legality of isolation and quarantine for the supply chain. The answers are a bit disconcerting.

TIA’s Chris Burroughs discusses the recent filing of petitions to FMCSA regarding claims of so-called “price-gouging” and the strong stance TIA has taken in opposition to these claims.