In view of the introduction of US tariffs, ITCO will be publishing a series of Bulletins on the possible impact on the tank container industry. Please find below Bulletin 1
Trump’s “Reciprocal Tariffs” Now in Effect
In April 2025, the Trump administration introduced a series of “reciprocal tariffs,” triggering widespread implications across international trade and transport. The tank container sector is among the most affected.
Trade Volumes Drop
The higher import tariffs are...
Steve Clayton, head of equity funds, Hargreaves Lansdown:
“Tariffs continue to make the headlines, with Donald Trump claiming that “big progress” had been made in talks with Japanese negotiators, aimed...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/17/market-report-big-progress-little-substance/
Steve Clayton, head of equity funds at Hargreaves Lansdown:
“Futures markets were suggesting a steady start to trading in London and Europe after Asian markets rallied overnight. Sentiment was boosted after US President, Donald Trump suggested that he might pause the introduction of some of his proposed tariffs...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/15/market-report-tariffs-tyres-takeovers/
Friday, April 11, 2025
No panic in Monaco as Trump tariffs rattle markets As global markets react to Donald Trump’s latest tariff announcements, Monaco residents are being reassured that there’s no cause for concern – yet…
London slips to sixth place as global wealth shifts London has fallen out of the world’s top five wealthiest cities for the first time, after losing more millionaires in the past decade than any other global centre…
Monaco champions inclusive sport at United...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/11/no-panic-in-monaco-as-trump-tariffs-rattle-markets/
by John Faraclas
Further to part 2, we are faced with undiplomatic and in some cases undemocratic manoeuvres – that the bargaining chips in what one might generously call “the new diplomacy” are tariff threats and… migrant flows and expulsions.
Moreover, the death throes of diplomacy turns out to have been a warning that the rules of global trade were going to be rewritten, too –and now it seems that there are no such rules any more.
Without genuine diplomacy, where do things stand between...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/08/death-of-diplomacy-part-3/