Global Trade This Week – Episode 109
2:23 -EV Batteries & Chargers as Limiting Factor?
9:59 -Cardboard Sales Are Down - Why This Matters
23:59 -What Is Going on with Zim?
28:20 -World Trade Org Statistics!! What They Say
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Logistics Market Update Q3 2023
The US economy is expected to slow down in Q3 2023. The Conference Board, for example, predicts that US GDP will grow by only 0.6% in Q3, down from 2.3% in Q2. This slowdown is due to a number of factors, including the Fed's interest rate hikes, the war in Ukraine, and supply chain disruptions.
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Global Trade This Week – July 24th, 2023
3:51 -TPP Agreement Still Matters
8:42 -Is Yellow a Dead Man Walking?
26:38 -Bernstein’s Economic Confidence
30:46 -Autonomous Trucking - Dead or Alive?
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Global Trade This Week – July 18th, 2023
3:56 -UPS Labor Negotiation Continue
14:10 -Chinese Economic Data is Bleak
25:57 -What Happened to Peak Season?
30:16 -Canadian Port Strike is Over - Aftermath Ongoing
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Global Trade This Week – July 11th, 2023
3:24 -Have to Talk More about Yellow
9:32 -Amazon Prime Days
21:28 -Global Trade Costs are Set to Increase by 4%
25:22 -China Restricts World Access to Gallium & Germanium
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Global Trade This Week – July 5th, 2023
1:10 -Year of the Union
9:17 -Halftime
18:44 -New Security Rules for Air Cargo Screening
23:29 -Japan’s Largest Port Hit with Cyber Attack
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Global Trade This Week – June 27th, 2023
2:07 -MSC & Maersk Breakup
7:51 -Water Levels Low in Panama Canal
25:24 -Hyperglobalization vs Reasoned Protectionism
31:39 -DoE Loans $9.2B to Ford for EV Battery Plants
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Global Trade This Week – June 21st, 2023
3:12 -West Coast Port Strike Averted
10:23 -Halftime
24:15 -Another Take on Generative AI
30:40 -Secretary Blinken Goes to China
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Global Trade This Week – June 12th, 2023
0:57 West Coast Woes and Denials
8:53 Project Forwarding Opportunities in M&A
28:53 -Falling truck demand as UPS workers consider strike
36:11 -Hamburg Sud pays $10M in FMC Violation
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Global Trade This Week – June 5th, 2023
4:24 -West Coast Ports Experience Stoppages
11:33 -US & Chinese Warships Come Close in the Taiwan Strait
16:51 -Halftime
25:37- OPEC Ratcheting Back Volumes
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Global Trade This Week – May 30th, 2023
2:15 -New California Drayage Vehicles to be Zero Emissions
10:15 -Debt Ceiling Avoided?
24:33 -Peak Season Predictions
30:02 -Forwarders Building Their Own Air Carriers
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Global Trade This Week – May 23rd, 2023
-Russia opening up the port of Vladivostok to China
-Final Mile Delivery Problem with EVs
-Zelensky goes to the G7 and It's a Major Statement
-A Different Perspective on AI’s Impact on Logistics
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Global Trade This Week – May 17th, 2023
-Tesla Breaks Ground on Texas Lithium Refinery
-US and China Trying to Play Nice
-Flatbed Demand Remaining Strong Despite Housing Pullback
-Are We Actually Going to Mint the $1T coin????
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Global Trade This Week – May 8th, 2023
-China's Major Trade Expo Struggles to Draw Buyers
-Bed Bath & Beyond Suing Steamship Lines
-Flexport Acquiring Shopify's Logistics and Delivery Arm
-Global Supply Chain Shifting to Mexico, India, and Vietnam
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Denver Post Recognizes CAP Logistics as a Top Workplace for the Second Year in a Row
We are thrilled to announce that CAP Logistics has been named a Top Workplace by the Denver Post for the second year in a row!
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Global Trade This Week – May 1st, 2023
-Janet Yellen’s Warning about Decoupling from China
-Warehouse Automation Segmenting 3PL Services
-Friendshoring is Starting to Shift Ocean Freight
-US Government Now the Largest Bank M&A Deal Broker?
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Global Trade This Week – April 26th, 2023
-The Summer of Parcel
-UPS Expecting Economic Downturn
-Halftime
-Are Semiconductor Chips the New Oil?
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Global Trade This Week – April 17th, 2023
-WTO’s New Phrase: Long Term Decoupling
-Mergers & Acquisitions in the Logistics Industry
-When Did It Become So Cool to Own Truckstops?
-Apple Announces New Savings Account with 4.15% Interest
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Global Trade This Week – April 12th, 2023
-IMF Comments on Interest Rates & Stability
-Generation Z’s Retail Buying Habits
-Ali Baba to Split Up
-ILWU Shut Down Ports of Los Angeles &Long Beach
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Global Trade This Week – April 4th, 2023
-EV Tax Credit Rules Change
-AI Could Be Applied to Logistics
-AI, Tech Hype, Failures, and Successes
-Is UPS Going to See a Teamsters strike?
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