Since the domestic and travel flights have dropped off due to shelter in place orders, airlines who specialize in passenger cargo have seen their customers decrease to almost nothing. In light of the unflown planes sitting in wait for...
To stop the spread of COVID-19, the US and Canada have agreed to close the border to non-essential crossings, freeing up time and space for cargo to move swiftly between the two as a reduction in vehicle crossings enables...
Last night the President’s announced that the United States, effective Friday March 13, 2020 will suspend and limit entry into the United States for immigrants or non-immigrants who were physically present within the Schengen Area* during the 14-day period...
The outbreak of Coronavirus in China has created an equipment shortage as blanked sailings, quarantines, labor shortages see equipment pile up in ports with no ships to board. Regardless of how fast items are coming off the assembly line,...
More information comes in every day regarding the Coronavirus outbreak in China. Cases have found their way to various other cities around the world and the WHO has declared the official name to be COVID-19. The impact on the...
President Trump has announced new tariffs on steel and aluminum derivative products at 25% and 10% respectively. While the initial tariffs on the raw materials impose in March 2018, these new tariffs will cover approximately $500 million in goods....
On January 15, 2020 President Trump and Vice Premier Liu He signed the preliminary “Phase One” agreement, culminating more than a year of negotiations, tariff increases and dead ends. The agreement sees Chinese purchases of US Agriculture in exchange...
After months of negotiations it looks like the USMCA trade agreement could be almost finished. Governments on both sides, including an initially reluctant democrat controlled house, have come together with only one final issue. Labor concerns over the treatment...
Just announced this morning, the United State and China have come to a “phase one” agreement. After months of tit-for-tat increases and false starts, both sides have settled on a solution that will prevent the December 15th implementation on...
Effective on January 1, 2020, the minimum security criteria for members of CTPAT will be updated. The changes are not openly available to the general public for security reasons, but members can view the full set of updates via...
