Supply Chain Research

The U.S. freight forwarders saw almost no growth in August on inbound, seaborne traffic, but CH Robinson bucked the trend with improved Asia ex-China volumes. China’s already started buying a lot more U.S. pork, helping WH Group and JBS. Also: the record U.S. tariff take of $7 billion could rise to $12 billion in the coming months; Healthcare hurdles remain for 2019 USMCA passage; Pemex suffers export revenue slide, cuts distillates imports; new season, same old script for The Trade War Show; don’t count on 2020 Democrats to cut tariffs; and the Panama Canal cuts rates, possibly in anti...