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Unintended Fallout of Trump Steel Duty: Solar Buying Abroad

The Trump administration imposed a tariff on steel imports last year to get companies to buy more American metal. In some ways, the duty has the U.S. solar business doing the exact opposite.

0228 Unintended Falloutof Trump

Freight Companies Want Faster Blockchain Adoption, New-Nafta Approval, Purolator International President Says

Blockchain technology and the United States-Mexico-Canada Act are top of mind for leaders in logistics.

0226 Freight Companies Want Faster

Here’s How an Extension to the Brexit Deadline Would Work

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May has promised Parliament that it will have a chance to vote to extend the Brexit deadline next month as a way of avoiding a chaotic no-deal exit.

0226 Heres Howan Extension

A Very Bad Day for U.S. Farmers: Exports, Sales, Incomes All Hit

Things are not looking good for the U.S. farm economy.

0215 A Very Bad Day

Brexit Trucking Permits Are Flooding In as Hauliers Fear No-Deal

The U.K. has been inundated with requests for permits giving truckers unimpeded access to the European Union in the event of a hard Brexit, highlighting mounting fears among hauliers that their business could be curbed.

0214 Brexit

Six Out of Ten CEOs See Trump's Tariffs Helping

With the U.S. and China starting a fresh round of trade talks this week, a new survey showed more American executives see their businesses gaining from a potential increase in tariffs than being hurt by it.

Source: Bloomberg

Tesla Rushes Model 3s to China Before Trade-War Truce Expires

At least three ships roughly the length of two football fields are slated to arrive at ports in China by the end of this month, each carrying precious cargo from Elon Musk.

0213 Tesla Rushes Model3s

Digital Supply Networks Become Reality in Chemicals, Energy Industries

The chemicals and energy market is ripe for continued growth — even in uncertain times of geopolitical, environmental and regulatory compliance unrest.

0213 Digital Supply Networks Become

The Volatile Global Economy Demands End-to-End Cooperation

In the current climate of “economic populism,” buyers, sellers and their supply chains have an opportunity to step up and cope with major challenges through cooperation, transparency and flexibility.

0314 The Volatile Global Economy

Importing and Exporting: The Most Important Thing to Remember

Before last year, companies hadn’t put much thought into their products' harmonized tariff schedule (HTS).

0304 Importingand Exporting

China Buys Two Million Tons of U.S. Soybeans After Trade Talks

The purchase comes after President Trump said that China, the top soybean importer, had agreed to buy a total of 5 million tons of U.S. supplies following last week’s talks in Washington.

0204 China Buys Two Million

The Curious Case of Norway's 60 Million Barrels of Missing Oil

Norway has built a reputation as one of the calmest and most predictable corners of the global oil industry, but lately it’s been full of surprises.

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