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FreightWaves Staff Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Retaliatory tariffs sour US cranberry market

Canada, Mexico, China, and the European Union are among those who have instituted retaliatory tariffs on cranberry imports coming from the United States. FreightWaves spoke with Kellyanne Dignan, Ocean Spray’s Director of Global Corporate Affairs, who provided the company’s perspective on the issue.

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FreightWaves Staff Friday, March 2, 2018

Understanding the impact of tariffs

As the Trump administration makes public its intent to look at using tariffs to address what it believes are inequities in global trade markets, it set the stock market into a tailspin for good reason. We decided to lay out a basic primer and history lesson on tariffs.

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FreightWaves Staff Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Little progress made on recent NAFTA talks

As the talks concluded last week on Round 5 of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the 3 NAFTA ministers included among the 30 negotiating parties agreed to “step back” to give negotiators additional time to “analyze proposals and conduct internal consultations,” according to LandLine Magazine.

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FreightWaves Staff Thursday, September 21, 2017

Connecting Asia along the New Silk Road

The Belt-And-Road Initiative is proving to be an ambitious plan. But there is no stopping the Chinese government as it has secured a joint venture deal with Hong Kong-based rail company MTR. The deal will result in connecting major cities in Asia within the area defined by the initiative.

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Brian Straight Tuesday, May 30, 2017

4 freight trends to watch

McKinsey & Company has recently issued a report on potential impacts to the trucking and rail freight industries in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The report, “Four forces to watch in trucking and rail freight,” identifies critical structural issues that executives must pay attention to in the immediate future.

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Brian Straight Friday, May 12, 2017

Week in Trucking: U.S., China strike trade deal

This Week in Trucking, the U.S. and China have announced a trade deal centering on natural gas, financial services and beef. Also, a renewed push is on to approve hair testing in driver drug screenings and the rapid rise in last-mile delivery services is leading to plenty of new entries to the market.

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Brian Straight Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Gambling with NAFTA trade

President Donald Trump’s decision to place softwood lumber tariffs on Canada this week might be an indication that the administration is set for a reset on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). It is a gamble that potentially puts billions of dollars in NAFTA trade shipments at risk – much of it hauled by trucks.

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