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Happy World Trade Week! Never heard of it? You’re not alone. I’ve only peripherally heard of it, and I write a blog about international shipping. I don’t think we’ve ever [...]
Summit Delay Request Many refer to the current trade deal with China as a trade truce. Shippers would be forgiven for thinking of it as tenuous after the tension of escalating tariffs of trade [...]
Trump Orders Government to Cover Persian Gulf Shipping In Tuesday’s blog about the impacts of the Iran War on international shipping, we brought up insurance, specifically marine insurers [...]
The Iran War significantly impacts international shipping in the immediate present and potentially long-term future. If the immediate impact was summed up with one word, it would be [...]
Big news dropped: The Supreme Court announced a 6-3 ruling today that President Trump’s usage of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to pronounce sweeping tariffs [...]
We don’t usually post on Fridays, but the U.S. and Taiwan inked a trade deal yesterday, so you get a bonus mini-post. Frank Fang wrote a nice, full article on the trade deal for the Epoch [...]
Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a resolution to stop President Trump’s tariffs on Canada. Shippers excited that this will effectively halt the president’s tariff [...]
This is a guest post by Luke Crihfield. For manufacturers, inventory efficiency means keeping production moving without parking too much cash in extra stock. It is the balance between cost and [...]
25% Tariff on Semiconductors Not Used in the U.S. In a proclamation yesterday (January 14th), President Trump announced a 25% tariff on semiconductors transshipped through the United States. If [...]
This is a guest post by Ellie Gabel. Many overseas shipments stall before leaving the factory. Oftentimes, it is due to supplier gaps, which cause costly delays and forced rework. Whether it is a [...]
As September wraps up and we head into October, President Trump announced new tariff escalations, with some to go into effect in October. I’m dubbing it Octariffest. It’s not as fun [...]
This is a guest post by Ellie Gabel. Worldwide, major global ports are increasingly embracing digitalization. Artificial intelligence, internet-enabled sensors, and modern networking technologies [...]
President Trump's latest round of tariff hikes go into effect this week, on August 7th. In this post, we round up all the new tariff rates on U.S. imports by country (ordered alphabetically). [...]
President Trump announced on Truth Social he'll extend the current tariff situation with Mexico for another 90 days after having a "very successful" call with Mexico's president, Claudia [...]
President Trump announced another trade deal getting done before the August 1st tariff hike deadline, this time with South Korea. The details he gave are here in Universal Cargo's blog.
Let's do a roundup of the trade deals the Trump Administration has achieved so far. We include bullet points for each trade deal and White House fact sheets where available in Universal Cargo's blog.
August 1st is the new deadline for countries to make trade deals with the U.S. or face reciprocal tariff hikes from President Trump. Today, Universal Cargo gives three trade deals spanning the [...]
This morning, President Trump made a short announcement on Truth Social of a trade deal with Indonesia: Great deal, for everybody, just made with Indonesia. I dealt directly with with their [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
