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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Top U.S. importers are stocking up on Chinese goods before new import tariffs t...
Read More »Maersk warns trade war will hit container shipping (Reuters)
Worries about deepening trade war
China has been front-loading exports to the US ahead of a loomi...
Read More »Port of Oakland rises, despite trade war
A U.S.-China tit-for-tat over tariffs hasn’t dampened cargo volume growth at the Port of Oakland. In fact,...
Read More »Traders rush to beat higher tariffs – China numbers boosted
China reported much stronger-than-expected exports for October as shippers rushed goods to the United States...
Read More »Tariffs drop the trade numbers
The Trump administration’s tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese goods went into effect in July. For...
Read More »Trade war to make an impact on Hong Kong
The ultimate impact may depend upon whether US importers are willing to pass on the costs of tariffs to consumers, says Peter Levesque of Modern Terminals Escalating trade tensions between the United States and China are likely to catch Hong Kong and its struggling shipping industry right in the middle, ...
Read More »Global shipping under threaten, UN warns
Maritime trade is stronger than it’s been for five years, but “tit-for-tat” tariff battles and restructuring by shipping companies threaten to disrupt its role as a key player in global commerce, the UN said on Wednesday, 10/3/2018. The warning from UNCTAD, the UN Conference on Trade and Development, follows a “healthy” four ...
Read More »U.S. NRF: Not easy to shift supply chains out of China
Companies caught in the crossfire of China-U.S. trade frictions are facing the harsh reality to rethink thei...
Read More »China’s tariff cuts amid trade war
China on Wednesday (9/26/2018) unveiled plans to cut tariffs for products including machinery, electrical eq...
Read More »China skyrockets its U.S. exports before tariffs hit
By Kyunghee Park, Daniela Wei and Matt Townsend (Bloomberg) — The race is on to get Chinese goods into the...
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