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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 [...]

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 [...]

Two federal court rulings in two days decided against President Trump having the power to enact his "Liberation Day" tariffs, including the 10% baseline tariff he has placed on imports from other [...]

On Friday, President Trump put pressure on the European Union (EU). With trade deal discussions apparently going nowhere, he threatened a 50% tariff on EU goods starting June 1st. It sparked [...]

Is it just politics? Grandstanding? Or could a lawsuit heard yesterday by the Court of International Trade actually interrupt the Trump Administration's tariffs? An even dozen states – Arizona, [...]

In the wake of surging shipping demand from China to the U.S., Chinese ports are experiencing congestion. That should push transpacific freight rates, which are already climbing fast, to go even [...]

SHIPPER ALERT: The Trump Administration is dropping tariffs on Chinese goods by more than 100% for 90 days of negotiation. In fact, reciprocal tariffs between the U.S. and China are dropping to [...]

The Trump Administration announced the first big trade deal in the wake of its reciprocal tariffs and their 90-day pause for trade negotiations. The deal is with the UK. The framework for the [...]

Warning: there are tempting deals offered to importers right now that might look good for businesses' bottom lines but could result in serious legal trouble. Find out all about it in Universal [...]

International shipping questions concerning freight rates, shipping demand, and tariffs. Find out about it by reading in Universal Cargo's blog.

China is feeling the effects of the Trump Administration's tariff hikes, which have reached 145% on Chinese goods. While tariff retaliation has been President Xi Jinping's response, the [...]

With uncertainty about what the tariff levels on goods from other countries will become, shippers are using the 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs as a window to import goods, at least on goods [...]

Tariffs have dominated international shipping headlines lately, as well as Universal Cargo's blog. However, they are not the only action the Trump Administration is taking in relation to global [...]

After about ten hours and twenty minutes of reciprocal tariffs being put in place, the Trump Administration paused them, returning to the 10% baseline tariff on countries' goods. Except for [...]

President Trump's reciprocal tariffs are set to go into effect tomorrow (or tonight at midnight, depending on how you look at it). We've had about a week since "Liberation Day" and the Trump [...]

On Wednesday April 2nd – the Trump Administration's "Liberation Day" – President Trump announced the reciprocal tariffs the U.S. would impose on goods from various countries around the world. [...]

Liberation Day, as it has been dubbed by the Trump Administration, has arrived. Today is the day the Trump Administration set for announcing and implementing reciprocal tariffs. With these tariff [...]

We are one week away from "Liberation Day." That's what the Trump Administration calls April 2nd, when reciprocal tariffs go into effect. The reciprocal tariff strategy from the Trump [...]

How about a positive-looking headline for shippers? We could all use a little positivity sometimes, and international shipping news this week is highlighted by a couple positive stories for U.S. [...]