All India Motor Transport Association has called for a strike beginning July 20th. The strike is in protest of frequent fuel price increases, national road permit issues, and unclear toll…
Trade Alerts
US Expands and Imposes Tariffs on Chinese Goods; Chinese Retaliate with Tariffs
On Friday, the Trump Administration announced a list of 818 Chinese products (down from the 1,300 tariff lines originally published) that will be subject to an additional 25 percent tariff…
Mexico Imposes Retaliatory Tariffs on Key U.S. Imports
On June 5, 2018, the government of Mexico announced suspension of preferential tariff treatment under NAFTA for key U.S. products, including: pork cheese apples cranberries potatoes ham whisky certain steel…
US Trade Partners Respond with Retaliatory Tariffs
The US recently imposed tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum products from trade partners around the globe, as well as goods imported from China. In retaliation, trade partners have…
Section 232 Duties Imposed on Steel & Aluminum from EU, NAFTA Countries
On May 31, 2018, the White House issued two proclamations to follow through on Section 232 duties on steel and aluminum imports from the European Union (EU), Canada, and Mexico.…
CP Rail Workers Return from Strike
Yesterday, a tentative four-year agreement was reached between the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) and the Central Pacific Railway (CP Rail) ending the short strike. The agreement will be ratified…
Section 301 Chinese Tariffs Renewed
On May 29th, the White House announced the renewal of plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods. Just last week, the Section 301 tariffs…
CP Rail Strike Update
The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) union issued the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) a notice with their intent to strike. At this time, the union will strike as of Tuesday,…
Emergency Bunker Surcharges Implemented by Ocean Carriers
MSC and Maersk have implemented emergency bunker surcharges (EBS) this week, and other ocean carriers are expected to follow. The EBS comes as a result of 2018 bunker costs exceeding…
U.S.-China Tabled Proposed Tariffs
Following two days of meetings in Washington, D.C. last week, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced the United States and China have put on hold the 25 percent tariffs that each…
