The United States’ announcement of a 25% tariff on auto imports rippled throughout the world on Thursday, as global vehicle suppliers warned of immediate price hikes and dealers raised fears of job losses in countries with a large car industry.
https://gcaptain.com/planned-us-auto-tariffs-shake-global-industry-as-price-hikes-job-losses-loom/
Shares of companies that haul cars across oceans plunged after President Trump widened his trade war with tariffs on vehicles not made in the US.
https://gcaptain.com/car-shipping-companies-plunge-after-trumps-latest-tariffs/
Fossil fuel and agriculture industry executives on Wednesday criticized a plan by President Donald Trump’s administration for big fees on China-linked ships entering U.S. ports, arguing at a hearing in Washington that the move would hobble their ability to export everything from coal to soybeans.
https://gcaptain.com/us-fossil-fuel-farm-groups-rail-against-trump-port-fee-plan-at-hearing/
US lawmakers, labor unions and steel manufacturers were at odds with shipping companies and farm exporters Monday over a Trump administration proposal to put million-dollar levies on China-linked ships docking in the US.
https://gcaptain.com/shippers-steelmakers-spar-over-trump-levies-for-chinese-vessels/
By Francois de Beaupuy Mar 20, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Beneteau SA, a French maker of sailing yachts and powerboats that generates about 20% of its sales in the US, isn’t providing an…
https://gcaptain.com/trump-tariffs-prompt-yachtmaker-to-eschew-profit-forecast/
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Jarrett Renshaw and David Lawder WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s top trade chief, Jamieson Greer, plans to speak with his Chinese counterpart next week, the U.S. president…
https://gcaptain.com/us-trade-chief-to-speak-with-chinese-counterpart-as-tariff-rift-widens/
A plan by the Trump administration to introduce fees on the use of Chinese commercial ships is likely to damage the US economy and may fail to reverse China’s shipbuilding dominance, a top shipping trade group said.
https://gcaptain.com/shipping-trade-group-says-trump-port-fee-plan-will-hurt-us/
U.S. President Donald Trump’s bulked-up tariffs on steel and aluminum due to launch within hours will hit nearly $150 billion worth of derivative products made from the metals for the first time, ranging from nuts and bolts to bulldozer blades and threatening cost increases for industry and...
https://gcaptain.com/trump-unleashes-sweeping-tariffs-on-metal-imports/
Global shipping executives gathered this week in Long Beach, California, for a major annual conference, expecting to discuss market trends and supply chain challenges.
https://gcaptain.com/tariff-earthquake-sends-shipping-executives-into-crisis-mode/
President Donald Trump delivered on his threat to hit Canada and Mexico with sweeping import levies and doubled an existing charge on China, spurring swift reprisals that plunged the world economy into a deepening trade war.
https://gcaptain.com/trump-escalates-global-trade-war-sparking-tit-for-tat-tariffs/