Home/American Shipper/Intra-Asia not quite decoupled American Shipper Intra-Asia not quite decoupled FreightWaves Staff · Thursday, October 20, 2011 Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedInChina’s hold on intra-Asia trade has reached equilibrium, says consultant Mathijs Slangen, of Seabury Group. The trade hasn’t yet decoupled from the global economy, but is moving that way.