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It turns out trade wars are not so easy to win. The Trump administration has had no real success with China, Canada and Mexico, and is in no

The reality of the Trump administration’s concerted attack on trade and its linkage of trade to the U.S. deficit is finally beginning to...

Do the new US steel and aluminum import tariffs threaten the baseline forecasts of US import container volumes this year? That question...

Fixation on the negative balance of payments in trade has created a clear and present threat to global trade. What started out as an...

The North European economies continue their strong growth as consumer confidence remains solid. The latest Purchasing Manager’s Index...

The North America edition of the Global Port Tracker has a couple of new additions to its format. We have added an overview page that...

Our models suggest that North Europe will have had an annual growth rate of nearly two per cent for imports while exports grow nearly...

Going into 2018 the container shipping industry faces a fundamental problem: too many large vessels. The carriers have invested heavily...