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VLCC rates are up over 200% month-on-month. Trans-Pacific box shipping rates are down 11% since the beginning of August.

Donald Broughton explains the harm that tariffs can do to the economies of the United States, the country(ies) that tariffs are imposed on and the global economy.

Trucking could get hit “very hard” by an economic recession, ATA warns

Market expert writes about how current trade issues between the U.S. and China, the U.S. and Mexico and the U.S. and the EU may disrupt supply chains and cause economic problems.

Trade war tariffs are hurting the competitiveness U.S. businesses working in China, according to the American Chamber of Commerce in China (AmCham China). Tariff troubles increased over the weekend as the latest round of Chinese tariffs on $60 billion of U.S. goods began on Saturday, June 1.

As U.S.-China trade tensions escalate, data appears to be pointing to a volume slowdown.

Trump’s tariffs might hurt the U.S. economy in the long run; Waymo is re-entering Arizona for autonomous truck testing; China might look to restrict rare-earth material export to the U.S. over trade war.

FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller says he hopes he is wrong, but data is showing the freight market is heading into a recession. Who will feel the impact and the facts and figures surrounding Fuller’s prediction.

While the degradation was seen across most sectors, the transport sectors saw large declines.

U.S.-China trade tariffs war is heating up; Asian oil importers have not stopped importing oil from Iran; Uber has a staunch rival in Ola across the Indian market.

Good day, Oil prices fell by around 2.5 percent at the start of this week, largely due to President Trump tariff threats against China. However, the U.S. sending out warships to the Middle East, possibly an escalation amidst growing tensions with Iran, can further create volatility in oil prices. This development comes in after the […]

China ramps up its pork import from the U.S.; Lyft is all set for its IPO; Saudi Arabia looks to push oil prices to over $70 per barrel.

“You don’t want to start a trade war with China for the same reason you don’t fight a land war with Russia: They will ‘out-suffer’ you.”

Imports into the U.S. grew an estimated 5-10 percent last quarter while U.S. exports to China fell 25-30 percent.

EPA is looking to update pollution regulations for commercial trucks after 20 years; oil prices fall to one-year lows; U.S. import levels have declined slightly across all major retail container ports.

The U.S.-China trade war has brought misery to the thriving U.S. lobster industry, which is now feeling the heat of an additional 25% tariff that Beijing slapped on its live and processed lobster exports to China.

Trump government looks to phase out IMO2020 sulfur cap regulations; Shanghai Composite Index crashes by 3%; Amazon revisting cities for finalizing HQ2.

Livestock businesses are looking to secure farms from future hurricane calamities; Elon Musk is accused of fraud by the SEC; global trade expected to grow irrespective of the tariffs war.

The trade tariffs spat between the U.S. and the rest of the world is having consequences at home, as importers and consumers have to contend with the rise in product prices in the country.

Ships becoming increasingly electrified, US retail is rising, and crude oil exports to China have come to a halt.