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At the start of this year we wrote an article summarizing the top 3 freight trends coming in 2019. As we approach Q4 of this year, it seems only fitting to reassess these once impending trends to fully understand the validity and current strength behind each piece. Automation was the number one trend barreling down the 2019 digital logistics sector. How is this holding up? As originally written in the initial blog post, “automated sectors of supply chains have been progressiv

One full week of testimonies regarding the 4th tranche of tariff considerations officially began earlier this week on June 17, 2019, and are expected to continue for seven days until June 25, 2019. The hearings grant applicable businesses the opportunity to voice any pertinent issues and/or opinions concerning the potential 25% tariff increase on $300 billion in Chinese imports. Some notable companies and supply chain associations listed on the docket include: iRobot, New Bal

Find the phasic progression of the China tariffs outlined in their four linear tranches below. Beginning last year, on July 6, 2018, $16 billion worth of Chinese products were hit with additional tariffs. This list presided three additional tranches imminent to follow. The next list expanded to include $23 billion worth of imports from China on August 23, 2018. These first two lists required an additional 25% duty to be added to any taxation the affected commodity currently r

A request for comments has been issued in correlation with a new tranche of proposed tariffs as written in the Federal Register on Wednesday, May 15, 2019, valued at an additional $300 Billion. The 4th tranche does however contain items not mentioned in the previous 3 lists announced in Section 301. This notice offers procedural steps for comments and/or objections to the tariffs proposed in the new tranche. Deadlines for client submissions and requests are as follows: · June

Aloft the hurried press releases and media outlets regurgitating less-than-articulated political disputes, reads a comprehensive synopsis of the impending trade wars. Actionable processes being aimed and implemented based on NAFTA amendments, tariffs hitting the auto industry, unfair trade applications, international retaliations, and increased steel and aluminum duty rates are all on the current trade talk docket. Aside from increasing market volatility, these actions can co