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In one country, President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping ate dinner together and worked out a ceasefire on the trade war between the U.S. and China. In another country, an arrest was [...]

You would think the trade war between the U.S. and China would be nothing but bad for transpacific shipping; however, it may have just saved the year for carriers.

Back in June, we [...]

When it comes to international shipping in regards to the U.S. and China, trade war has been dominating the news. But as this week draws to a close, two huge, potentially deadly storms are [...]

A week ago, we posted a blog from Universal Cargo's own Cherry Chen outlining the section 301 tariff exclusion process shippers can use to request a one year tariff exclusion on products they [...]

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 [...]

Barely more than a week after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin went on Fox News Sunday and said the trade war with China is on hold, the White House announced in a statement today (May 29th) [...]

Worried about a trade war with China? Here's some good news.

“We’re putting the trade war on hold,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in an interview on Fox News [...]

I was recently asked to contribute my top 3 tips about importing from China for a big list of advice to help new shippers to, well, import from China.

Since at Universal Cargo we [...]

The numbers are in from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis for March, revealing a drop in the U.S. trade deficit after six consecutive months of [...]

Uncertainty continues in steel and aluminum related markets as President Trump delayed tariffs on imports of these important materials from select U.S. ally countries.

In a [...]

This is a Guest Post by Kate Thora

Shipping Containers at Port Importing ExportingImporting and exporting businesses can be relatively easy to run. On the end of imports, you don’t [...]

Judging by President Trump's remarks, and of course that includes tweets, there's been a turn for the better in the potential trade war between the US and China. After tariff threats between [...]

China increased its tariff threat against the US this week, seemingly moving China and the US closer to a full-out trade war.

Last week, as we blogged about whether or not the US and [...]

From the election of President Trump, there have been worries about protectionist policies and a potential trade war with China because of Donald Trump's promises to decrease the U.S. trade [...]

Many don't know this, but like the U.S. presidency, China's presidency has a two-term limit. However, it appears that is about to change.

According to a CNN article by Kerry Brown, [...]

A fire still burns even though the collision that created it between the oil tanker Sanchi and the cargo ship CF Crystal happened Saturday. BBC News reported that the oil tanker was an Iranian [...]

Good news is here for U.S. producers and exporters of consumer goods. Last year, the U.S. trade deficit with China was over 300 billion dollars. Here are the numbers from the U.S. Trade [...]