The new tariffs, announced a day after the Fed cut rates, will affect mostly consumer goods.
Flexport’s customers have seen average landed unit costs rise by 30 percent due to tariffs.
FedEx preaches patience and looking beyond FY2020’s results. It will be a tough sell.
The U.S. and China habve agreed to resume trade talks, a break in the nearly 2-month stalemate which has affected trade flows and spawned uncertainty among businesses
Top transportation economist Paul Bingham goes in-depth on trade war freight consequences, both pro and con.
It appears that Chinese retail investors are moving capital out of the country in response to the devaluation of the yuan.
Geopolitical and trade tensions are having an increasing effect on shipping rates.
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.
Market expert Henry Byers examines the U.S.-Chinese trade war and its impact on imports and the broader economy.
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.
What The Truck?!? returns with its Backhaul weekend edition with a focus on the Mexican Trade War tariffs, On The Radar, Earning O/U and Fast Paced Forecast.
The logistics giant said it will “fully cooperate” with any investigation.
As U.S.-China trade tensions escalate, data appears to be pointing to a volume slowdown.
If a trade war pares GDP growth, OPEC cuts may be extended, weighing tanker rates.
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.
Volumes took a nosedive after the tariffs increased and are starting to recover slightly, but the damage may already be done.
Sub: Removal of levies on aluminum and steel end costly trade dispute – but both nations reserve right to resume them in response to dumping.
Today on FreightWaves Now, we have snow in the Sierras and trouble in the midwest. Ports on both coasts prepare for another pull forward ahead of tariffs as the trade war rhetoric escalates.
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.
Danaos CEO does not believe trade dispute will cut box-ship ton-mile demand.
