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Costco refuses to accept 98% of Teamsters’ Proposals

AJOT | December 12, 2024 | International Trade

Global leaders commit to enabling and promoting the electronic Bill of Lading

AJOT | December 12, 2024 | International Trade

Stocks steady as investors cautiously await US inflation data

Reuters | December 11, 2024 | International Trade | By The Numbers

Global shares and Wall Street indexes rose on Wednesday after an in-line inflation reading kept intact bets on the Federal Reserve cutting

Low global demand creates opportunity for more US sanctions on Russian oil, Yellen says

Reuters | December 11, 2024 | International Trade

The United States is continuing to look for creative ways to reduce Russia's oil revenue and lower global demand for oil creates an opportunity for more sanctions, Treasury

Landstar announces special dividend

AJOT | December 11, 2024 | International Trade | By The Numbers

Landstar System, Inc. (NASDAQ-LSTR), a technology-enabled, asset-light provider of integrated transportation management solutions delivering safe, specialized transportation logistics services, announced that on December 9, 2024, its Boar

GCMD and BCG publish report “Opportunities for shipping to enable cross-border CCUS initiatives”

AJOT | December 10, 2024 | International Trade

A joint study by the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonization (GCMD) and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has identified shipping to play a key role in enabling CCUS initiatives, particularly when there is a large geographical mismatch between potential captured CO2 sources and sequestration hubs.

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AJOT | Top Story | December 10, 2024

CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor shows sales grew in November even as two Thanksgiving weekend days fell in December

“November sales increased on top of a strong October and would have been even higher if Thanksgiving Sunday and Cyber Monday hadn’t fallen in December,” NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay said.

S&P Global: U.S. public finance saw uneven credit trends amid rising uncertainty in 2024, Report Says

AJOT | December 09, 2024 | International Trade

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AJOT | Top Story | December 09, 2024

Import cargo rising as higher tariffs and potential port strike approach

With a strike possible again next month at East Coast and Gulf Coast container ports and President-elect Donald Trump planning to increase tariffs, the nation’s major container ports are expected to see a continued surge in imports through next spring, according to the Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

Taiwan November exports expand faster than expected, outlook upbeat

Reuters | December 09, 2024 | International Trade | By The Numbers

China’s Nvidia probe puts global investors ‘on notice’

AJOT | December 09, 2024 | International Trade

Trump trade war fallout could drive ECB to slash rates to ultra-low levels

AJOT | December 09, 2024 | International Trade

Donald Trump’s looming trade war could force the European Central Bank (ECB) to slash interest rates back towards ultra-low levels, warns the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory and asset management organizations.

Shell plc third quarter 2024 euro and GBP equivalent dividend payments

AJOT | December 09, 2024 | International Trade | By The Numbers

CBP seize over 34K pounds of sweetened condensed milk at the Pharr International Bridge

AJOT | December 06, 2024 | International Trade

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers assigned to the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility seized 34,286 pounds (15,552kg) of sweetened condensed milk, in an alleged fraudulent entry attempt.

Global trade set to hit record $33 trillion by year-end

AJOT | December 06, 2024 | International Trade

World trade is on track to hit a record $33 trillion in 2024, but risks of expanded trade wars and ongoing geopolitical challenges cast uncertainty over the outlook for 2025.

Rattled by China, West scrambles to rejig critical minerals supply chains

Reuters | December 06, 2024 | International Trade

China's trade restrictions on strategic minerals are starting to hit Western companies where it hurts. Blaming

California export trade tops the nation

AJOT | December 06, 2024 | International Trade | By The Numbers

California’s export trade recorded a strong 5.3% annual gain in the latest numbers, causing the state's share of the nation's export trade to shoot up to 9.3%. Equally remarkable was that exports from Texas fell 6.9% year-over-year while overseas shipments from Florida declined by 4.2%. U.S. exports overall slipped by 0.7%.

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