economics

On Tuesday, the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) went on strike, shutting down all of America's East and Gulf Coast ports. Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su issued a brief and, [...]

It’s not the economy that drove up shipping demand. Not consumer spending. It was logistical considerations. Importers were trying to get ahead of supply chain disruption risks. Risks like [...]

After a couple years of out of control, skyrocketing freight rates, ocean freight pricing finally came tumbling down. Freight rates have gone from peaks, including cargo routes getting carriers [...]

Another union has voted to reject the tentative labor agreement the White House pressured union and railroad negotiators to reach back in September, at the last moment before unions could, and [...]

Does the Jones Act have a negative impact on the economies of noncontiguous U.S. states and territories? We'll look at arguments concerning just that, with an eye specifically on Hawaii, in [...]

Transpacific shipping is strong right now. Despite predictions by experts earlier in the year that 2020 would see no international shipping peak season, we have had and are in a strong one. Will [...]

Peter Tirschwell, in a Journal of Commerce (JOC) article, says the coronavirus outbreak is causing disruption "on a scale that has yet to be seen in container shipping’s more than 60-year [...]

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This is a guest post by Jamie Costello. The UK is relatively small, yet it’s one of the globe's most influential and important regions to world trade and economy. This encouraged a major [...]

There's good news for U.S. retailers and shippers who import from China, and probably U.S. consumers too, as they prepare for the 2019 holiday season. Many, many items from list 4 of the Section [...]

Asking what's stalling trade deal talks between China and the U.S. presupposes the negotiations are indeed stalled. And, boy, are they stalled. Talks Broke Down in March At the beginning [...]

This is a guest post by Keith Coppersmith. As the global consumer market expands and the needs of modern customers and vendors evolve, supply chain management will inevitably rise in [...]

This is a guest post by Dave Gilbert. The United States imported over $3 trillion worth of goods in 2018 alone. Hundreds of thousands of businesses depend on foreign suppliers and producers [...]

A trilateral trade meeting between the U.S., EU, and Japan after President Trump's decision to postpone a decision on whether or not to impose tariffs on automobile and auto part imports to the [...]

This is a Guest Post by Alana Downer

Currency is somewhat unpredictable, and when you have transactions taking place in multiple countries using different currencies, keeping track [...]

I've seen a lot of headlines this year about various ocean freight carriers losing money. However, it all came to a head for me with Mike Wackett's article in the Loadstar last week with the [...]

Don't look now, but peak season is upon us. Yes, those big volume shipping months when importers are bringing in products to line store shelves for the back to school and holiday seasons are [...]

Trade wars are often thought of as lose-lose situations. However, President Trump obviously thinks the U.S. can win the trade war he has ignited with China. And it looks like he isn't alone in [...]

It is a clichéd joke that Canadians are so polite they'll apologize to you if you insult them. It seems the U.S. tested that cliché's punchline on a national level.

The U.S. insulted [...]

The Trade Expansion Act of 1962 gives President Trump the legal right to impose tariffs at his discretion if he determines there's a national security threat to justify it. Therefore, when the [...]