Supply Chain Research

The Chinese and American governments have reached a tentative agreement that cuts the prospect of significant new tariffs, for now. A new EU-U.S. trade deal remains a distant prospect. Container handling in the Pacific northwest remains highly competitive. Also: Japan’s trade boom hits a 17th straight month; a U.S. steel tube trade case costs consumers dear; the politics of the liquefied natural gas trade; South Korea’s shipyards have a bad month; container-line rates still lag fuel costs; the EU has posted its list of retaliatory targets against U.S. metals duties to the WTO; 2019 becko...