# Freight Market Rebounds as US-Canada Tariffs Spark Cross-Border Trade Crisis | Morning Minute Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/freightcasts-478950/freight-market-rebounds-as-us-canada-tariffs-spark-cross-border-trade-crisis-morning-minute Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/freightcasts-478950/freight-market-rebounds-as-us-canada-tariffs-spark-cross-border-trade-crisis-morning-minute.md Podcast: [FreightCasts](https://stenobird.com/podcast/freightcasts-478950) Published: 2026-08-25T14:50:00+00:00 Episode link: https://chtbl.com/track/894889/traffic.megaphone.fm/FREIGHT8412831262.mp3 Audio file: https://chtbl.com/track/894889/traffic.megaphone.fm/FREIGHT8412831262.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/freightcasts-478950/episodes/freight-market-rebounds-as-us-canada-tariffs-spark-cross-border-trade-crisis-morning-minute Duration seconds: 208 ## Resource Trucking Credit Recovery: BMO’s quarterly earnings show dramatic drops in distress metrics, with credit loss provisions plunging to $15 million and gross impaired loans crashing to $440 million. https://www.freightwaves.com/news/likely-bmo-swan-song-shows-trucking-credit-strengthening US-Canada Tariff Escalation: The US hits Canadian goods with 50% tariffs after negotiations stall, prompting Canada to prepare retaliatory tariffs starting September 8 https://www.freightwaves.com/news/us-canada-supply-chains-face-uncertainty-as-trade-talks-collapse Descartes Systems Group announced it has acquired Tai, an AI-powered transportation management system provider, for one hundred million dollars in cash. This marks the thirty-fourth deal for the Canadian company since twenty seventeen, following recent acquisitions of Latin American last-mile logistics tech provider Drivin and Pittsburgh-based fleet safety solutions provider Idelic. CEO Ed Ryan stated that Tai complements their strengths in carrier onboarding, compliance, fraud prevention and real-time visibility, creating significant opportunities to help freight brokers streamline operations and improve margins. Follow the FreightWaves NOW Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/freightcasts-478950/episodes/freight-market-rebounds-as-us-canada-tariffs-spark-cross-border-trade-crisis-morning-minute/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/freightcasts-478950/freight-market-rebounds-as-us-canada-tariffs-spark-cross-border-trade-crisis-morning-minute.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.