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A Major Save Avoiding Global Supply Chain Disruption : East Coast Port Strike Averted

February 10, 2025.
Logistics Publications, Trade Publications

In early January 2025, the looming threat of a strike by East Coast port workers in the United States was averted after intense negotiations. The potential strike, which had been gaining attention for months, was called off just days before it could have disrupted major ports from Maine to Florida. The...

How Is China Responding to US Tariffs?

February 04, 2025.
Logistics Publications, Trade Publications

A 10% tariff on Chinese origin goods, prescribed by President Trump in an Executive Order (EO) on February 1, went into effect on February 4, 2025. The same EO directed that Chinese goods would not be eligible for importation under the de minimus administrative exemption allowing duty-free entry for shipments under $800 USD. Collectively,...

America First Trade Policy: The White House’s Trade and Economic Agenda in Motion

February 04, 2025.
Logistics Publications, Trade Publications

Since his election victory on November 5, 2024, the international trade community has postulated about US President Donald Trump’s trade policies, comparing the policies of his 2016 term with various official statements from his campaign and with the statements he has made on his social media. The memorandum released by the...

Understanding the New Tariffs Against Articles from Mexico, Canada, and China: Fast Facts

February 03, 2025.
Logistics Publications, Trade Publications

Understanding the New Tariffs Against Articles from Mexico, Canada, and China: Fast Facts US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has published documents implementing the additional duties against articles of China prescribed by the Executive Orders (EOs) published by President Trump on February 1, 2025. Here are the key facts regarding these...

“Tariff Diplomacy” means Tariff Volatility: Colombia and the Trump Presidency

January 27, 2025.
Logistics Publications, Trade Publications

On Sunday, January 26, 2025, The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro barred two military flights from the USA from landing in his country. The flights contained deportees of Colombian citizens, and President Petro claimed he would not accept the flights because they constituted an afront to the dignity of the deportees. ...

Where is the Trade War? An Update on Trump’s Trade Plan at the Beginning of His Term

January 22, 2025.
Logistics Publications, Trade Publications

On January 20, 2025, the newly inaugurated President Trump signed 118 executive orders (EOs) before the proverbial sun set on his first day in office, but businesses and trade stakeholders in the US, Mexico, and Canada alike watching avidly for an EO pertaining to tariffs against Mexico and Canada need not have stayed...

U.S. Blacklists China’s Largest Shipping Line Amid Rising Geopolitical Tensions

January 16, 2025.
Logistics Publications, Trade Publications

The United States has recently blacklisted China’s largest shipping line, Cosco Shipping Holdings Co., along with two shipbuilders, China State Shipbuilding Corp. and China Shipbuilding Trading Co., due to alleged links with the People’s Liberation Army. This move, announced in a Federal Register filing, designates these...

Section 321 – Does Not Exceed $800 – Release 2

January 02, 2025.
Logistics Publications, Trade Publications

The exponential growth of e-commerce has resulted in more shipments than ever clearing, duty-free, under the section 321 de minimis exemption. For example, in 2024, more than one billion packages were cleared in this manner. Using section 321 when it is not applicable allows importers to underpay customs duties and skirt reporting requirements...

A Trade War With…Canada? Proposed Tariffs Against the North as well as East

December 31, 2024.
Logistics Publications, Trade Publications

Less than a month after his election win, President-elect Donald Trump disabused anyone holding the notion that his trade sanctions were targeted only at China by announcing he would sign 25% blanket tariffs against all products imported from the USA’s other two top trading partners, Mexico and Canada, adding...

Automation in Logistics: Job Killer or Efficiency Booster?

December 06, 2024.
Logistics Publications, Trade Publications

The logistics industry has always been the backbone of global trade, ensuring that goods move seamlessly from one point to another. However, as the world embraces technological advancements, the adoption of automation in logistics has sparked intense debates. Is it a job killer threatening livelihoods, or is it an efficiency...

Impact of Red Sea Disruption on Global Shipping

December 05, 2024.
Logistics Publications, Trade Publications

Last year’s Red Sea crisis had a major impact on global shipping due to attacks on container ships. These disruptions caused delays, increased costs and supply chain disruptions, affecting key global trade channels and routes. Traffic through the Suez Canal, a key bridge between Europe and Asia, has...

Tariff Comments About BRICS Countries

December 04, 2024.
Logistics Publications, Trade Publications

In recent developments, President-elect Donald Trump has made several statements regarding his stance on tariffs. The latest statement being on November 30, he stated on Truth Social: "We require a commitment from these Countries that they will neither create a new BRICS Currency, nor back any other Currency to replace...