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I’m on a little vacation this week, so there won’t be the normal Tuesday and Thursday Universal Cargo blog. Don’t worry. The Universal Cargo team is still here to take care of [...]

With the 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs (for countries other than China) less than two weeks away from ending, it's time to check in one of the biggest negotiations underway: the U.S. - EU [...]

I was curious what news and blog sources artificial intelligence (AI) would rank as the best resources for importers and exporters, so I went to the three biggest AI chatbots – ChatGPT, Microsoft [...]

Trans-Pacific freight rates, particularly from China to the U.S. West Coast (USWC), fell significantly this week. In fact, some reports show China to USWC freight rates dropped by about a third [...]

At the G7 Summit in Canada yesterday, President Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a trade deal between the U.S. and UK. The White House published a fact sheet on the trade deal, [...]

Universal Cargo's blog post on Tuesday was about what's happening with America's trade deal negotiations with China and India. Apparently, that post came one day too early. Yesterday morning, [...]

This year, tariff changes have been a major thing to deal with for businesspeople who import goods from Asia. Many are hoping for the Trump Administration to complete trade deals soon to bring [...]

This is a guest post by Richard Newsom. Shipping goods across borders isn’t just about loading containers. One document, in particular, can throw everything off if you mess it up. That’s the [...]

Give your best offer by Wednesday. It's a new deadline the Trump Administration is putting on countries its currently engaged with in trade talks, according to an apparently leaked United States [...]