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Monday, April 14, 2025
A OOCL containership docks at the Port of Long Beach
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Port of Long Beach Claims Top Spot as U.S. Ports Brace for Trade War Hit

The Port of Long Beach has emerged as America’s busiest container port in the first quarter of 2025, achieving record-breaking cargo volumes ahead of

37 minutes ago
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Trump’s Tangled Tariffs Sow Confusion as Negotiators Line Up
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Trump’s Tangled Tariffs Sow Confusion as Negotiators Line Up

President Donald Trump’s tariff exclusions for smartphones and other tech products have added to a growing set of confusing signals for companies and trading

15 hours ago
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Friday, April 11, 2025
Trump’s Tariff Shift Still Has Markets, Industry Groups Panicked
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Trump’s Tariff Shift Still Has Markets, Industry Groups Panicked

President Donald Trump is casting his latest tariff plan as a strategic win. Markets and business leaders only see more chaos ahead. Stock plunged on

April 11, 2025
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Thursday, April 10, 2025
A cargo ship full of shipping containers is seen at the port of Oakland as trade tensions escalate over U.S. tariffs.
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Trump Tariffs on China Now at Least 145% as Trade War Ramps Up

President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports are now at least 145%, far above the level many economists said could decimate US-China

April 10, 2025
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Trump Is Already Slowing Global Trade as Companies Pause Orders
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Trump Is Already Slowing Global Trade as Companies Pause Orders

US President Donald Trump may have announced a delay in some of his tariff plans, but the first signs of an economically-damaging slowdown in global trade are

April 10, 2025
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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Yangshan Port south of Shanghai, China.
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China Raises Tariffs on US Goods to 84% as Trade Rift Worsens

China retaliated against new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump by announcing it would raise duties on US goods, roiling markets and deepening a trade

April 9, 2025
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Cargo ship at the port of Oakland, California.REUTERS/Carlos Barria
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Trump Tariffs Kick in, China and Europe Hit Back

U.S. President Donald Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs on dozens of countries took effect on Wednesday, including massive 104% duties on Chinese goods, as the

April 9, 2025
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Monday, April 7, 2025
Trump’s Tariff ‘Medicine’ Engulfs Markets
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Trump’s Tariff ‘Medicine’ Engulfs Markets

President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff plans hammered global financial markets and U.S. stocks braced for more turmoil on Monday, after he warned

April 7, 2025
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Thursday, April 3, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump reads about tariffs on steel and aluminum, as Howard Lutnick stands in the background, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington
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Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs Spark Global Shipping Industry Concerns

President Trump’s newly announced tariff increases are expected to significantly impact global shipping patterns and container rates, with industry

April 3, 2025
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Cargo containers pile up at a marine terminal at the Port of Los Angeles.
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Global Trade Braces for Impact After Trump’s Tariff Bombshell

President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on U.S. imports sparked threats of retaliation on Thursday, as companies and governments rushed to count the costs

April 3, 2025
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds an executive order about tariffs increase, flanked by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 13, 2025. REUTERS/File Photo
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Canada Strikes Back in Trade War With Tariffs on US Steel, Aluminum

Canada announced new 25% tariffs on about C$30 billion ($20.8 billion) of US-made products, including steel and aluminum, after the Trump administration went

March 12, 2025
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Tuesday, March 11, 2025
an overhead view of port of los angeles docks
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Trump Unleashes Sweeping Tariffs on Metal Imports

U.S. President Donald Trump's bulked-up tariffs on steel and aluminum due to launch within hours will hit nearly $150 billion worth of derivative products

March 11, 2025
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Southwest Washington-grown white wheat is loaded onto the M/V LIBERTY GLORY (Photo Credit - American Maritime Congress)
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U.S. Ag Exports Caught in the Crossfire as China Retaliates on Tariffs

Chinese retaliation to US tariffs will hit the “low-margin” agricultural sector the hardest, and White House officials haven’t grasped the full impact,

March 11, 2025
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Thursday, March 6, 2025
Port Of Hong Kong aerial photo
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Shipping Firms Pull Back from Hong Kong to Skirt US-China Risks

Some shipping companies are discreetly moving operations out of Hong Kong and taking vessels off its flag registry. Others are making contingency plans to do

March 6, 2025
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Monday, March 3, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump reads about tariffs on steel and aluminum, as Howard Lutnick stands in the background, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington
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Trump Trade Threats Compound Global Ocean Shipping Uncertainty

The global ocean shipping industry that handles 80% of world trade is navigating a sea of unknowns as U.S. President Donald Trump stokes trade and

March 3, 2025
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Thursday, February 27, 2025
FILE PHOTO: A cargo ship full of containers is seen at the port of Oakland as trade tensions escalate over U.S. tariffs, in Oakland, California
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Trump Moving Ahead with Promised Tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said his proposed 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods will take effect March 4 along with an extra 10% duty on

February 27, 2025
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Wednesday, February 26, 2025
FILE PHOTO: Shipping containers are stacked for storage at Wando Welch Terminal operated by the South Carolina Ports Authority in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, U.S. May 10, 2018. Picture taken May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Randall Hill/File Photo
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Trump Signals Postposing Mexico and Canada Tariffs to April 2

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday raised hopes for another pause on steep new tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada by saying they would

February 26, 2025
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Tuesday, February 25, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump reads about tariffs on steel and aluminum, as Howard Lutnick stands in the background, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington
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Trump Stands Firm on Tariffs for Canada and Mexico

President Donald Trump said on Monday that tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports are "on time and on schedule" despite efforts by the countries to beef

February 25, 2025
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Friday, February 7, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on, on the day he signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington
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Trump to Announce Reciprocal Tariffs on Many Countries Next Week

By Jarrett Renshaw and David Morgan WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Friday he plans to announce

February 7, 2025
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Thursday, February 6, 2025
Inauguration of Maersk's first container ship Laura Maersk that sails on green methanol in Copenhagen, Denmark September 14, 2023. Ritzau Scanpix/ Mads Claus Rasmussen via REUTERS
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Maersk Sees Global Container Market Growth Despite Trade War

A. P. Moller-Maersk A/S, a bellwether for world trade, forecast growth in the global container market as it sees consumer demand defying an intensifying trade

February 6, 2025
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