trade war

Universal Cargo’s blog was going to publish a guest post today, but then big international shipping news hit late last night/early this morning. President Trump and President Xi JinPing [...]

Last week, the U.S.–China trade war, which has seemed pretty tranquil of late, escalated. China Expands Export Controls on Rare Earths On Thursday (October 9th), Beijing announced new measures to [...]

Sitting next to EU President Ursula von der Leyen in Scotland, President Trump announced a "landmark trade deal" with the European Union. Check out the details 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The trade war with Canada is escalating. Ontario Premier Doug Ford imposed a 25% tariff on electricity to the U.S., which Michigan, New York, and Minnesota import. We cover this, President [...]