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The uncertainty caused by rising protectionism will slow growth across the maritime sector over the next five years, according to a major new report from the United Nations (U.N.). In a thinly veiled swipe at the trade policies of President Trump, the report said "trade tension and growth in...

Canada's economy grew by 3.7 percent in the second quarter of 2019 as a surge in exports offset weaker domestic demand.  Trade largely fueled the increase in real gross domestic product (GDP) reported by Statistics Canada on August 30. Broad strength in exports included a 3.7 percent increase in...

FreightWaves features Market Voices – a forum for voices with unique knowledge of numerous transportation/logistics/supply chain sectors, as well as other critical expertise. Earlier this week China hit the U.S. with a figurative bombshell when it announced that it would  not purchase any more...

February and March are peak months for California and Mexico asparagus air exports. Ground zero for these movements is Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Along with cherries and strawberries, asparagus is one of the top three perishable products based on tonnage exported each year by air from...

Amid a potential trade war with China, President Donald Trump directed staff to look into renegotiating U.S. participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, according to reports. "That's really good news for America," Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska) said following a White...

Whiskey’s a top Kentucky export, and lobsters rank first in Maine, but that probably doesn’t come as a surprise. Many of the U.S.’s top state exports only serve to reinforce state-by-state caricatures. It’s fitting that Rhode Island’s 11th-strongest seller is sailboats...

QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) and Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) are in for some negative headwinds, according to a recent JPMorgan research note. Due to forthcoming exportation trade restrictions by the United States against China's ZTE CORP ‘H'CNY1 (OTC: ZTCOF) (SHE: 000063) (HKG: 0763), a...

The Commerce Department reported on Tuesday that the U.S. trade deficit, the dollar-value difference between American imports and exports, shrank 12.9 percent to $34.3 billion in November. The figure beat analyst expectations of a deficit of $40.00 billion. The deficit figure from October was...

With American exports hitting a record high, many investors are looking at firms that sell abroad -- such as Boeing (NYSE: BA), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW). All are great companies and among the leading exporters in the country. Not as well known, but just as well-...

The major indices can bank another day in the green. The Dow Jones and S&P 500 both reached new highs during Friday's trading session as markets continued its momentum following U.S. Federal Reserve's new boss Janet Yellen confirmed the central bank's economic stimulus would continue. The...

Another sign of China's growing role in international commerce. According to a report commisssioned by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) and sponsored by Visa (NYSE: V), China is expected to surpass the United States as “the world's most dominant business travel market” within the...

The ISM Non-Manufacturing Index, the broad index of services activity in the United States, slipped in June to 52.2 from 53.7 in May. Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast a reading of 53.7. Output Drops The broad measure of the health of the services economy across the U.S. dropped in June...

China's manufacturing sector showed signs of slowing again in June as two key measures of manufacturing output fell to four- and nine-month lows respectively in the country that accounted for nearly 38 percent of world GDP growth and 21.8 percent of emerging market growth in 2012. Manufacturing...