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Boxed out: China’s Exports Pinched by Global Run on Shipping Containers

Stella Qiu | Shivani Singh | Roslan Khasawneh | Reuters | 12/10/2020

BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China’s world-beating economic rebound from the coronavirus pandemic is being blunted by a global shortage of shipping containers, sending cargo costs to record highs and hampering manufacturers…

Kenya Signs Post-Brexit Trade Pact With U.K. to Avoid Disruption

David Herbling | Bloomberg | 12/10/2020

Kenya signed an agreement with the U.K. to ensure contin...

India’s Container Trade Severely Impacted on Low Supply, Demand this Year, Says Maersk

The Economic Times | 12/10/2020

MUMBAI: Indian containerised trade ha...

US Sanctions on China Send Taiwan Tech Exports to Mainland, Hong Kong Surging

Ralph Jennings | South China Morning Post | 12/09/2020

Taiwanese exports of hi-tech ...

UK Says Will Drop Tariffs on US Goods to Ease Aircraft Trade Dispute

Aljazeera | 12/09/2020

The United Kingdom will suspend retaliatory tariffs imposed on US good...

U.S. Targets North Korea Coal Shipments with New Sanctions

Doina Chiacu | Michelle Nichols | Chizu Nomiyama | Bernadette Baum | Edmund Blair | Reuters | 12/09/2020

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