Lori Ann LaRocco

Lori Ann LaRocco is senior editor of guests for CNBC business news. She coordinates high profile interviews and special multi-million dollar on-location productions for all shows on the network. Her specialty is in politics, working with titans of industry. LaRocco is the author of: “Trade War: Containers Don’t Lie, Navigating the Bluster” (Marine Money Inc., 2019) “Dynasties of the Sea: The Untold Stories of the Postwar Shipping Pioneers” (Marine Money Inc., 2018), “Opportunity Knocking” (Agate Publishing, 2014), “Dynasties of the Sea: The Ships and Entrepreneurs Who Ushered in the Era of Free Trade” (Marine Money, 2012), and “Thriving in the New Economy: Lessons from Today’s Top Business Minds” (Wiley, 2010).
Oct - 2020 -
27 October
Lori Ann LaRocco

Commentary: Operation Warp Speed logistical plan takes ‘whole-of-America approach’

In the world of politics, the complicated distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine is greatly simplified. It must be for messaging and public confidence. President Trump, in his rallies and in the first presidential 2020 debate, said the deployment was “logistically all set up” using soldiers to deliver “200,000 a day.” But is it really that simple? Absolutely not.

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Sep - 2020 -
23 September
Lori Ann LaRocco

Commentary: What products are US consumers buying?

Earnings reports from retailers show a clear shakeout between winners and losers.

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18 September
Lori Ann LaRocco

Commentary: The fabric of withhold release orders

The CBP must establish reasonable suspicion a good is made with forced labor in order to institute a WRO.

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Aug - 2020 -
06 August
Lori Ann LaRocco

Commentary: 20-foot container crunch may impact harvests

Containers are used to carry imports to the U.S., but they also carry exports from the U.S. The agriculture industry depends on them, but COVID-19 has caused the system to fray…

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Jul - 2020 -
08 July
Lori Ann LaRocco

Commentary: COVID-19 severely impacts the ‘Blue Economy’

Lori Ann LaRocco illustrates the disruption to global trade by profiling what has happened at the Port of Miami since the coronavirus pandemic began.

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Jun - 2020 -
16 June
Lori Ann LaRocco

Commentary: Intra-Asia trade waving economic distress flag

Lori Ann LaRocco explains why intra-Asian trade is down and its affect on the United States.

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May - 2020 -
14 May
Lori Ann LaRocco

Commentary: Trade flow and the warning flares it signals

CNBC’s Lori Ann LaRocco writes about the impact of COVID-19 on U.S.-China trade, particularly in regard to the trade war between the two nations.

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Apr - 2020 -
01 April
Lori Ann LaRocco

Commentary: April Fools! Who’s the loser in phase one?

CNBC’s Lori Ann LaRocco provides commentary on how the Phase One trade deal between the U.S. and China has not worked as thought, at least to date….

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Mar - 2020 -
09 March
Lori Ann LaRocco

Commentary: Data shows maritime trade being restored

CNBC’s Lori Ann LaRocco writes about the ramping up of manufacturing in China, and the subsequent ramping up of cargo headed to the U.S. via ships.

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Feb - 2020 -
06 February
Lori Ann LaRocco

Commentary: Will coronavirus impact trade flows long-term?

Lori Ann LaRocco writes about the impact of coronavirus on maritime trade between China and the U.S.

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Jan - 2020 -
14 January
Lori Ann LaRocco

Commentary: Trans-Pacific lane is the trade war truth barometer

Phase One of the U.S.-China trade deal is scheduled to take effect Wednesday. Read CNBC’s Lori Ann LaRocco’s take on how that trade has changed since the tariff war began — and how it may never be quite the same.

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Dec - 2019 -
05 December
Lori Ann LaRocco

Commentary: In US vs. the world, trade flow tells the real truth

CNBC trade expert and author Lori Ann LaRocco says if trade talks were really progressing, U.S. exports to China would be ticking up, not down.

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