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… read more →
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… read more →
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… read more →
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… read more →
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… read more →
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… read more →
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… read more →
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… read more →
Tariff talks between the US and China have stalled regarding the agriculture buy that China is expected to make in efforts to restart the negotiations. After a wild year of… read more →
We have written before about state of negotiations between the US and China regarding the ever escalating tariffs developing. While there was good news about a so-called “Phase 1” deal… read more →