This week in trucking: ATA leader out, trade war in

Here are the headlines from this week in trucking as of August 27: Chris Spear suddenly left the American Trucking Associations The trade war with Canada is bad news for freight demand Missouri started a $33 million project for truck parking on I-70 Descartes acquired a broker TMS for $100 million A new private equity operation is buying up carriers CVSA released its International Roadcheck enforcement results Kodiak and Aurora are authorized to test autonomous trucks in California Autonomous truck company Gatik got $200 million in extra funding Einride wants to buy 500 Tesla Semis Spot market rates fell once again Diesel shot up by 20 cents