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Trucking anticipates more M&A, less regulation in 2025

The industry expects freight demand improvement and other positive economic trends in the upcoming year.

Published Feb. 3, 2025
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A FedEx Freight tractor-trailer drives on the road. The industry will be closely watching the LTL carrier's spinoff in the next 18 months.
A FedEx Freight tractor-trailer drives on the road. The industry will be closely watching the LTL carrier's spinoff in the next 18 months. Sundry Photography via Getty Images

After a two-year freight recession, the trucking industry is hoping and anticipating 2025 will deliver relief.

Carriers expect rates to improve, the regulatory environment to ease and M&A moves — like the spinoff of FedEx Freight and a multibillion-dollar acquisition by TFI International — to unfold as President Donald Trump’s second administration takes shape.

In interviews with Trucking Dive, industry leaders and experts discussed top trends, regulations and storylines they’re monitoring as the year gets under way.

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