Trade
Japan imports surge on weaker yen, fanning inflation fears
Containers at a shipping and delivery terminal in Yokohama, Japan on Oct. 18, 2021. Japan’s trade deficit surged in September as imports overwhelmed export development. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Illustrations or photos Japan’s imports grew extra than 40% for a fifth straight month in September to strike the premier price on document, Ministry […]
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Soon after two years of shipping and delivery snarls, matters are commencing to turn around
Container freight premiums, which soared to record prices at the top of the pandemic, have been slipping swiftly and container shipments on routes among Asia and the U.S. have also plunged, logistics info shows. Anucha Sirivisansuwan | Second | Getty Visuals Right after two yrs of port congestions and container shortages, disruptions are now easing […]
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Second strike at Liverpool to add to European port congestion, slow product delivery
A striking dockworker on a picket line outside the Port of Liverpool during a strike in Liverpool, UK, on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Logistics experts are warning another strike set at the Port of Liverpool for Tuesday will only add to the existing delays in product delivery caused by […]
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Canada’s exports to international locations in the CPTPP have outpaced its exports in other places, minister says
Canada’s exports to countries in the Complete and Progressive Arrangement for Trans-Pacific have outpaced its exports in other places, according to Mary Ng, the country’s minister of worldwide trade, export marketing, smaller business enterprise and financial enhancement. That’s in retaining with the trade bloc’s announcement, at very last weekend’s evaluate conference, that the deal had […]
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U.S., South Korea are working to ‘rectify the problems’ on EV subsidies, South Korea trade minister says
South Korean and U.S. officials are working toward a “concrete proposal” to resolve their differences over electric vehicle subsidies, South Korea’s trade minister told CNBC. “We’ve established a specific dialogue channel to address this particular issue, and we are glad that the U.S. government wholeheartedly engaged with us to rectify the problems,” Ahn Duk-geun told […]
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A new wave of Uk port labor strikes starts, with ‘massive impact’ for Xmas offer chain
A putting dockworker on a picket line exterior the Port of Liverpool in the course of a strike in Liverpool, Uk, on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Dockers at Britains fourth-most significant container port voted unanimously to reject their companies most up-to-date fork out offer you — and stroll off the career for two months in […]
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The golden age of globalization is obviously around, states Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong
“The golden age of globalization that we skilled in the very last 30 yrs considering the fact that the end of the Cold War has ended obviously and we are entering a new period, a new period that will be marked by larger geopolitical contestation,” reported Singapore’s Deputy Key Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence […]
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New York is now the nation’s busiest port in a historic tipping stage for U.S.-bound trade
The MOL Maneuver container ship sails into port less than the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in the reduce bay of the New York Harbor on March 25, 2021 in New York Town. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Visuals Historic import and export container processing in the month of August pushed the Port of New York […]
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China’s August coal imports from Russia, Indonesia soar as heatwave spurs power use
Staff members work on a freight teach loaded with coal at Jiangxi Coal Reserve Heart on August 19, 2022 in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province of China. Vcg | Visible China Team | Getty Pictures China’s coal imports from Russia rose in August, exceeding past month’s amount and hitting the maximum in at the very least 5 […]
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Egypt’s Suez Canal fee hike won’t have a ‘massive’ affect on trade flows, analyst says
Egypt declared on Saturday that it will raise transit costs in 2023 for all varieties of vessels passing through the Suez Canal. In accordance to a statement unveiled by the Suez Canal Authority, transit expenses for tankers passing via the canal will increase by 15%. The increase for dry bulk carriers and tourist ships is […]
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