Darren Prokop writes about the complexities of international trade (imports and exports) and how transportation is measured in that mix.
A falling trade-to-GDP ratio is a worrying trend for the shipping industry.
Contributor Ben Thrower writes about the growing ties between the Chinese and European economies and the potential danger of those ties.
Big air trade drops with major trading partners leaves industry looking for backfill
At the center of the Trade War between the U.S. and China are the American ocean ports.
Henry Byers writes about the latest twists and turns in the U.S.-China trade war.
Chinese tariffs are impacting American agriculture. But declines in exports to other countries are also hurting American agriculture.
Stalco, a Toronto third-party logistics provider, takes advantage of duty-free limits to legally fulfill online orders of Chinese goods to consumers in the United States without incurring President Trump’s trade-war tariffs.
Goods like clothes and toys are on the proposed tariff list.
The U.S.-China trade war has dropped trade volumes between the two countries to date in 2019. One result – Mexico is now the #1 trade partner of the U.S.
Ben Thrower explores the financial and political influence that China is wielding in Panama and around the Panama Canal.
The U.S. fireworks supply comes primarily from China, and one company controls most of that trade. Read Market Expert Henry Byers’ fascinating article about fireworks!
Cathy Roberson writes about Vietnam’s growth as a manufacturing center as manufacturing moves from China to other nations in Southeast Asia.
The Trump administration is considering levying tariffs on the remaining $300 billion of Chinese exports to the United States so far unaffected by duties. Freight Intel, FreightWaves’ proprietary research group, has just published a study warning that such a move would disrupt trade flows far beyond what has occurred so far. Freight Intel Group research […]
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Market expert Henry Byers examines the U.S.-Chinese trade war and its impact on imports and the broader economy.
What The Truck?!? hits the road this week as Chad and Dooner make tracks towards Birmingham, Alabama to cover McLeod’s Transportation, Finance and Accounting Conference. The guys talk with McLeod’s CEO Tom McLeod, VP of Ops David Custred, CFO Kasey Burleson, Chief InfoSec Officer Ben Barnes, and Buddy Moore Trucking’s CFO Susan Moore Kirkpatrick.
But container volumes still going strong this quarter as U.S.-China hash out deal; but first quarter likely to see slowdown.
Trump government looks to phase out IMO2020 sulfur cap regulations; Shanghai Composite Index crashes by 3%; Amazon revisting cities for finalizing HQ2.
