Trump’s trade war told through the story of a leather belt

Here’s a fascinating in-depth look from Bloomberg at how one supply chain is set to be affected by the accelerating tit-for-tat tariff war between the US and China. The manufacturing of leather belts is no one-way street: leather hides are a by-product of the US’s enormous beef industry, and China buys around half of all US production; where it is processed and some of which it then makes into belts …

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Rush for space on Asia-Europe as box carriers spark new capacity crunch

North European shippers are scrambling to book space on October sailings to Asia ahead of a new capacity crunch.
The decision by ocean carriers to void 11 voyages from Asia to North Europe nest month to halt the slide in container spot rates will result in a similar number of cancelled backhaul sailings in November and December.
One UK forwarder told The Loadstar today he was encouraging his customers to bring forward as …

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