Trade
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Container
Ocean Rate Report: U.S. soybean sales could bolster dry bulk
Dry bulk shipping could be a winner following the ceasefire in the trade war between the U.S. and China.
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Equipment
Business process outsourcing serves as a life raft as carriers struggle to stay afloat during uncertain economic times
As freight conditions continue to deteriorate, along with tariffs imposed on a variety of goods and a prolonged U.S.-China trade…
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Airfreight
The next China? There isn’t one…
No single country can absorb the trade flow from China to the U.S., and likely contenders are already growing faster…
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Airfreight
FedEx is now the world’s policeman, lawsuit says
FedEx sues U.S. Department of Commerce claiming trade restrictions are difficult to meet and places additional burden on common carriers…
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Economics
The relevance of African free trade agreement in the context of U.S. trade aspirations
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will boost trade between African partner states by removing tariffs. This helps the…
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Airfreight
FreightWaves research: trade demand will plunge if 25 percent tariffs extended to all Chinese goods
The Trump administration is considering levying tariffs on the remaining $300 billion of Chinese exports to the United States so…
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Airfreight
Mexico ratifies USMCA, now Canada, US must pass new North American trade deal
Mexico became the first country to ratify the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) when its Senate approved it by a vote…
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Asia-Pacific
Commentary: Is the U.S.-China trade war behind bitcoin’s latest bull run?
It appears that Chinese retail investors are moving capital out of the country in response to the devaluation of the…
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Chart of the Week
Container rate increases are expected on the Trans-Pacific Eastbound
FreightWaves’ SONAR chart of the week (June 16, 2019 – June 22, 2019) Chart of the Week: Drewry World Container…
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Trade
Commentary: Tariffs are terrible taxes
Donald Broughton explains the harm that tariffs can do to the economies of the United States, the country(ies) that tariffs…
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