U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to get a close-up look at the Panama Canal on Tuesday, as he kicks off a rare visit to a Central American nation still unsettled by President Donald Trump’s threats to take back the canal.
https://gcaptain.com/pentagons-hegseth-to-visit-panama-canal-after-trump-threats/
President Donald Trump has boasted that he’s “decimated” the Houthis, the Iran-backed militants who have attacked commercial ships transiting the Red Sea since 2023. But three weeks into a campaign of US airstrikes, his administration has offered limited evidence of weapons deployed and targets hit...
More than 50 nations have reached out to the White House to begin trade talks since U.S. President Donald Trump rolled out sweeping new tariffs, top officials said on Sunday as they defended levies that wiped out nearly $6 trillion in value from U.S. stocks last week and downplayed economic...
https://gcaptain.com/trump-admin-nations-lining-up-to-start-trade-talks-with-u-s-after-tariffs/
Oil prices plunged nearly 8% on Friday to the lowest level since 2021, while copper, soybeans and other commodities also fell as China retaliated against U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariffs.
https://gcaptain.com/commodities-collapse-china-tariffs-send-oil-soybeans-and-copper-tumbling/
Shipping industry executives are considering options to address Trump administration policy changes, under consideration or enacted, that could significantly disrupt operations, speakers said here this week at the 40th annual Connecticut Maritime Association annual meeting.
https://gcaptain.com/worse-than-covid-trumps-port-fees-could-upend-u-s-shipping-schedules/
President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on U.S. imports sparked threats of retaliation on Thursday, as companies and governments rushed to count the costs from an escalating trade war that threatens to shake up global alliances.
https://gcaptain.com/global-trade-braces-for-impact-after-trumps-tariff-bombshell/
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would impose a 10% baseline tariff on all imports to the United States and higher duties on some of the country’s biggest trading partners, in a move that ratchets up a trade war that he kicked off on his return to the White House.
https://gcaptain.com/trump-drops-tariff-bomb-on-all-u-s-imports/
President Donald Trump proclaimed “Liberation Day” in the United States on Wednesday as he prepared to impose sweeping new tariffs that would escalate a trade war with global partners, increase prices and upend a decades-old trade order.
President Trump announced today that U.S.-led strikes have “decimated” Houthi capabilities in Yemen, while issuing stark warnings to both the militant group and Iran amid escalating tensions in the Red…
https://gcaptain.com/trump-escalates-houthi-strikes-warns-iran-as-red-sea-crisis-continues/
President Xi Jinping is seeking to paint China as a steady partner to investors roiled by a global trade war. A spat over a shipping lane coveted by Donald Trump is testing that push.
https://gcaptain.com/showdown-over-ck-hutchisons-22-8b-port-sale-threatens-chinas-pro-business-push/