Trump Administration Probing Truck Imports, Citing National Security

The United States imported more than 14 times as many trucks and buses in 2023 as it did in 2007, with nearly 90 percent coming in from Mexico.

Freight trucks pass through customs before entering the United States at the Otay Mesa port of entry in San Diego, in an undated file photo. John Moore/Getty Images

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has launched an investigation to determine the national security impact of commercial truck imports into the United States, according to an April 23 notice from the Department of Commerce.

The probe, which began on April 22, will assess the imports of “medium-duty trucks, heavy-duty trucks, and medium- and heavy-duty truck parts, and their derivative products,” the notice said.