Pemex and Nissan face import disruptions if Hurricane Willa closes ports in Mexico. The third party logistics firms face a sixth quarter of declining profit margins. The growth in Houston’s volumes has been largely due to higher Chinese imports, including those by Walmart. Also: LG Electronics and Haier have been accelerating their U.S. washing machine imports; Iran and Pakistan may be providing an alternative route to China for U.S. soybean exports; the U.S. lithium supply chain face a shakeup; an iron ore strike matters for Peru, but not for China; U.S.-Philippine trade relations are m...