Tag: trade

May 4, 2020

The impact of the trend has been relatively limited in the first quarter of the year, however, concerns have already been raised that the situation is likely to worsen in the second quarter of the year with much higher economic […]

December 18, 2019

The falling ratio has been ascribed to the slowing globalisation as well as increasing protectionist measures being implemented around the world, spearheaded by the US. Peter believes that the raised barriers to trade are here to stay as we enter […]

September 5, 2019

U.S. companies showed widespread concerns about tariff and trade policy uncertainty, but generally reported minimal impact thus far, according to a regional survey from the Federal Reserve. The anxiety about protectionism was broad geographically and across industries as pricing difficulties, […]

December 27, 2018

The nation’s ports continued to see steady growth in November cargo volume, as shippers moved goods to the United States from overseas in advance of the holiday shopping season and rushed to get cargo stateside ahead of expected tariffs on […]

March 7, 2018

The strength of oil consumption took analysts by surprise last year, and played a big role in crude’s recovery to a three-year high in January. Demand this year could even turn out to be “way in excess” of 2017’s exuberant […]

February 8, 2017

The U.S. trade deficit widened in 2016 to the biggest since 2012 as exports fell more than imports, though a narrowing gap in December suggests demand is stabilizing overseas for American goods. For all of 2016, the deficit increased 0.4% […]

July 12, 2016

Poor container shipping freight levels and the countdown to the reformation of alliances in March of 2017 have pre-empted any mass invasion of new capacity in the Asia-East Coast North America (ECNA) trade, thus further drift of cargo from a […]