Trump, Trudeau commit to pre-clearance, Gordie Howe Bridge

Your Feb. 14 Pre-Trip: U.S.-Mexico cross-border trade under Trump

Here are five things worth knowing today:

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CFI welcomes new VP’s of logistics, sales

Golf handicaps and fuel efficiency

We were talking with Vnomics the other day, and they brought to our attention the idea of Potential mpg. They compared it to the United States Golf Association handicapping system, which allows golfers of different ability to play in tournaments on equal terms.

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Supply chain trends trucking needs to watch

Gary Brooks, chief marketing officer for Syncron – a cloud-based aftermarket “service optimization” firm – believes there are several major supply chain trends that are going to create lasting impact on the trucking industry in 2017. “Today's supply chain has become more complicated than ever, even more so than it was five years ago,” he explained to Fleet Owner.

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Are trucking conditions really improving?

Kenny Vieth is about as steely-eyed as any of the analysts who cover trucking for a living. As president and senior analyst at ACT Research, he's also someone who takes a hard, unflinching look at industry issues, either, such as on how federal regulations are aggravating the truck driver shortage.

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Diesel prices up less than a cent

Diesel prices have risen for the first time in five weeks, but the slight increase leaves the cost for a gallon about where it's been since the beginning of the year.

The average U.S. retail pump price for diesel climbed 0.7 cents in the Feb. 13 report by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), to $2.565 per gallon. That's 58.5 cents higher than this time last year.

Prices rose in every region except for the Midwest, which posted a drop of 0.5 cents ($2.487),

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