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Global Trade Shows Durability Amid Red Sea, Tariff Threats

The organization’s most recent trade forecast, released in October, saw trade volume growth for this year at 2.7%, with 3% for 2025.

Gantry cranes and shipping containers at the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai, China. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

India's Nicobar Transshipment Hub 'Death Sentence' for Tribe, Flora and Fauna

Some experts believe that the project would be a "death sentence tantamount to genocide" for the island's nomadic Shompen tribe.

A forest at the edge of Radhanagar beach of Havelock or Swaraj Dweep island in Andaman and Nicobar archipelago. Photo: iStock/Vladimir Borzykin

India Port Workers Protest Ahead of Planned Strike

Workers held a series of protests at major ports on December 5, with the union planning for larger demonstrations on December 10.

India's Cochin Port in Kerala. Photo: iStock / Gilitukha

Best Buy CEO Warns Trump Tariffs Will Hike Prices

According to data from the U.S. International Trade Commission, nearly 25% of U.S. electronics imports came from China in 2023, the most of any country.

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Maersk Puts in Order for 20 Dual-Fuel Vessels

The vessels will range in size, with the capacity to carry between 9,000 and 17,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units each.

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Trump Vows to Block Sale of U.S. Steel to Japanese Manufacturer

The proposed sale was first announced in December 2023, and has faced opposition from U.S. Steel union workers and federal leaders alike.

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China Retaliates with Ban on Export to U.S. of Rare Minerals

The U.S. Commerce Department announced December 2 it will expand the list of companies on the so-called “entity list,” and would limit exports of high-bandwidth memory chips to China.

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U.S. Increases Number of Chinese Tech Companies Subject to Export Controls

The addition of the companies to the “entity list” means that U.S. tech vendors will be denied export licenses for sales to them.

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USMX: Automation is Essential to Future of U.S. Ports

"Port operations must evolve," the USMX said in a December 3 release, responding to a statement from ILA executive vice president Dennis Daggett.

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ILA Lauds Trump Pick for Labor Secretary

Teamsters president Sean O'Brien was also reportedly among those pushing Trump to tag Chavez-DeRemer to lead the Department of Labor.

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Panama Bars Six Ships From Flying its Flag After U.K. Sanctions

The de-listing follows a pledge by Panama’s maritime authority in October to penalize vessels sanctioned by the U.S., European Union, U.K. and United Nations.

A tugboat navigates a container ship into the Culebra Cut from the Chagres River near Gamboa, Panama. Photo: Walter Hurtado/Bloomberg

Williams-Sonoma Lays Out Roadmap in Case of Trump Tariffs

CFO Jeff Howie Howie says that Williams-Sonoma has reduced the percentage of goods it sources in China from 50% to 25% over the last few years.

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