by George Lauriat Oct 08, 2018
Can Latin America benefit from the US-China trade dispute?
Latin America is caught in the middle of the economic struggle between China and the United States. In a struggle between economic behemoths, smaller nations tend to get trampled but can Latin America (and others) profit from the U.S.-China Trade War?
Tariffs - a knotty problem for forest products industry
The US-China trade dispute is shifting the supply and demand channels for the forest product industry.
Hong Kong: one country, two systems and a trade war
While Trump’s trade war provides Hong Kong an opportunity to reprise its role as middleman to China, pressure from both Beijing and Washington threatens to slam the door on open trade.
Lanetix LxRoadFreight fills critical niche in freight market
Lanetix recently launched the software suite LxRoadFreight, which is specifically designed for domestic freight brokers and trucking firms. The suite offers out-of-the-box solutions that stand to place the smaller domestic freight brokers and trucking firms on a digital par with industry powerhouses.
Trump’s trade war squeezes perishables’ market
Although only in early stages, the tit-for-tat exchange of retaliatory tariffs is setting up a food fight of epic proportions that will impact businesses large and small around the globe.
Happy 4th of July - Your freight has been stolen!
Happy Fourth of July, your freight has been stolen. It could happen and does with greater frequency on holidays and weekends all across America. That’s the message – or more accurately part of the message - Scott Cornell, head of the SIG (Special Investigations Group) at Travelers Insurance has been dispensing to the freighting community over the past 25 years.
Latin America’s trade blocs – crumbling edifices or economic building blocks?
Will interest in Latin America’s trade blocs help solidify the region’s economies? “Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.” Argentine poet, Jorge Luis Borges
The trade war almost no one wants…
There are few manufacturing sectors as international in nature as the automotive industry. And as nearly everyone knows, a trade war isn’t good for a business whose supply chains griddle the globe like a roll of yarn. But…
Agri-business: China plays its trump card
Beijing’s assault on US agricultural exports is blatantly designed to get the Trump Administration’s attention.Tit for Tat. In early April, the USTR (United States Trade Representative) released a list of $50 billion worth of Chinese electronics, machinery and aerospace products for a recommended 25% import tariff. On April 2nd, immediately after the US steel and aluminum tariffs went into effect, China responded with tariffs on imports of 128 US product lines.
ONE brand new company
Ocean Network Express Pte., Ltd, better known as ONE, is a brand new company. Jeremy Nixon, the CEO of the container ship operator, stressed the point in an interview with the American Journal of Transportation (AJOT) at their brand new headquarters in One East Tower in Singapore.
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