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8 www.bigrigowner.com J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 7 by James Jaillet COVER STORY > President-elect Donald Trump flipped the script in November with a surpris- ing victory in his bid for the White House. As his inauguration quickly approaches, many people have be- gun speculating what his first ac- tions in office will be. In his 18-month campaign for the nation's top office, Trump promised to be tough on im- migration — and undocumented immigrants already residing in the U.S. — and to rework longstanding international trade agreements that he says left large swatches of Ameri- cans without good work in recent de- cades. Trump has also promised major in- vestments in U.S. infrastructure. Should they be enacted, what do these policy proposals mean for the truck- ing industry? And is there hope for regulatory relief under an all-Republi- can regime in Washington? Despite Republicans' more hard-line stance against federal regulations on On e-logs, infrastructure and freight: What Trump's agenda may mean for trucking