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After ditching the Trans-Pacific Partnership last January, questions remain on how the Trump administration will engage with major global economies.

The U.S. Commerce Department outlined remedy options in line with Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, including blanket tariffs for all countries and direct quotas.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross cited a ‘national security’ exception outlined in World Trade Organization rules.

American Institute for International Steel Board Chairman John Foster said problems in the U.S. steel industry have not been caused by steel produced elsewhere.

In today’s rapidly evolving e-commerce market, global trade practitioners can prepare for persistent uncertainty by focusing on technology and automation to ensure regulatory compliance, according to Joely Callaway, VP of product management at Descartes.

U.S. President Donald Trump has said as far back as May 2017 he would be open to considering raising the federal gas tax as a means of funding infrastructure investment, but questions remain as to whether Republican lawmakers would support such a move.

Among the actions called for by the brokers and forwarders group is for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to program the Automated Commercial Environment to allow for goods releases at the border.

South Korea claimed the United States is in violation of four World Trade Organization related agreements through its use of “facts available.”

The designation of all of Miami International Airport (MIA) as a foreign trade zone (FTZ) magnet site will allow airport tenants to operate manufacturing and distribution facilities on airport property, while also reducing or eliminating federal tariffs.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Procter & Gamble will work to prevent counterfeit P&G products from entering the country, with the company donating testing devices to determine product legitimacy.

The U.S. Justice Department said the three men were indicted Monday for their role in conspiring to illegally export goods and technology from the United States to support Hizballah in Lebanon.

Commerce announced the investigations two days after issuing a preliminary affirmative determination in its antidumping investigation into imports of pipe fittings from China.

The Commerce Department announced affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of biodiesel from Indonesia and Argentina, and the International Trade Commission is set to issue final determinations for the investigations April 6.

BIMCO, a Copenhagen-based international shipping organization, said 2018 could be the year in which container shipping growth and demand growth come out equal.

Although container volumes to and from the United States and Canada are both projected to continue to increase in the coming year, the countries will “have two very different tales to tell” in 2018, according to a new report from ocean carrier Maersk Line.

The fledgling containership owner and operator has agreed to purchase a fleet of 14 feeder container vessels ranging in size from 1,300 TEUs to 2,800 TEUs for a total price of $139.5 million.

The vessel owner and operator will use the proceeds from the offering for general working capital purposes, including vessel acquisitions.

Terminals operated by the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) of Seattle and Tacoma handled 250,762 TEUs for the month, a 16.7 percent decline from the same 2017 period.

The Athens, Greece-based dry bulk vessel owner recorded a net loss of $436.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2017.

The American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 2 percent in January 2018 compared with the previous month to a reading of 111.6.