by Audrey Chaney | Feb 27, 2020 | News & Events
The USTR has granted additional exclusions from List 3 of the China tariffs. The exclusions will be applied retroactively to September 24, 2018 and include certain textile fabrics, clothing articles, fasteners, hand tools, engines, pumps, valves and motors. The full...
by Audrey Chaney | Feb 27, 2020 | News & Events
Coronavirus in South Korea has prompted flight cancellations and factory closures, with reports of capacity problems at ports and airports. As with China’s sudden isolation in late January, airlines around the world have canceled or suspended Korea flights following a...
by Audrey Chaney | Feb 27, 2020 | News & Events
The largest U.S. gateway for seaborne imports from China is projecting a 25% drop in container volumes this month as the economic impact of the coronavirus spreads across shipping operations far from the outbreak. “Container ship operators have canceled 40 sailings...
by Audrey Chaney | Feb 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged an end to the two-week-long rail blockades that have crippled trade throughout the country as cargo backed up at Canadian ports and forced a Montreal marine terminal to stop accepting import cargo. Container dwell times and...
by Audrey Chaney | Feb 25, 2020 | News & Events
China— still the source of 65 percent of trans-Pacific containerized imports — remains in the early stages of restarting production following a massive coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the effect of which was to extend by several weeks the annual shutdown associated...
by Audrey Chaney | Feb 20, 2020 | News & Events
Trucking and depot businesses in China are showing a slow and patchy resumption of operations after crashing to a virtual halt after the Chinese New Year holiday was extended due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak that has crippled factory and industrial output....
by Audrey Chaney | Feb 20, 2020 | News & Events
Carriers are warning US exporters that with Chinese factories crippled for a third consecutive week and carrier announcements of more than 80 blank sailings in February and March, the shortage of empty containers beginning to surface in the US interior will intensify...
by Audrey Chaney | Feb 14, 2020 | News & Events
In the midst of the coronavirus outbreak in China, many Chinese factories are struggling to return to pre-Chinese New Year operating levels. Further, while most ports are operational, land transportation and air freight availability has all but diminished. The...
by Audrey Chaney | Jan 28, 2020 | News & Events
President Trump has expanded its Section 232 tariffs on finished goods made of aluminum and steel, effective February 8, 2020. The expansion covers certain imported nails, staples, electrical wires and some parts that go into automobiles and tractors, as well as other...
by Audrey Chaney | Jan 28, 2020 | News & Events
The outbreak of a deadly disease in China has cast a dark cloud over growth prospects for the world’s second largest economy, raising fears about the global outlook if the mysterious coronavirus spreads or worsens. There are currently over 4,500 confirmed cases and...
