Trump's tariffs could kick off the next leg of the yearslong US freight recession

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• Tariffs are expected to keep the US's long-running freight recession alive.
• Trucking rates have been depressed since the pandemic.
• One truckmaker expects the trucking market to shrink 10% by year-end.

There's more rough road ahead for US trucking.

Though the American freight sector has already endured a multi-year downturn, Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs could make matters worse.

"Tariffs have...