President Trump’s executive order authorizes the Treasury Dept. to enforce economic sanctions against foreign companies, financial institutions and individuals that do business with North Korea. A new executive order signed Thursday by President Trump significantly...
Preparations are underway at ports in the projected path of Hurricane Irma, expected as of Friday morning to move up the Florida Keys and hit the continental U.S. near Miami this weekend. The ports of the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico are closed – the Coast...
While ports across Texas resumed operations, the intermodal chain continued to face challenges in Hurricane Harvey’s wake, reports Transport Topics. After closing to brace for the powerful hurricane, ports at Corpus Christi, Galveston and Houston returned to normal...
Preliminary determination in AD/CVD investigations sets rates as high as 68 percent for duties on biodiesel imports from Argentina and Indonesia. Duties are applied 90 days retroactively to Argentine shipments. The Department of Commerce has determined that exporters...
Examining the Strategic Role of Affected Deep-water Ports As of today (August 30), it’s too soon to gauge Hurricane Harvey’s impact, let alone target dates for recovery. Even as the rains eased in Corpus Christi (near the hurricane’s landfall) and Houston, Harvey has...
More Venezuelans join the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) list of sanctioned individuals. A new executive order prohibits U.S. dealings in Venezuelan government stocks and bonds. The U.S. continued to ratchet up Venezuela sanctions with the aim of achieving...
The USTR plan for renegotiating NAFTA is largely about bringing it in line with trade policies developed since 1994. What’s really new: The U.S. states its goal is to reduce the U.S. trade deficit. Talks are set to open August 16. The first round of talks to revise...
Children’s taste in toys is changing, with ever younger consumers opting for smartphones and videogames instead of building blocks. Lego is joining other industry leaders in shifting focus to toys for a digital era, Fox Business reports. Picking up a logistics news...
The FDA’s Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) implements provisions of the Food Safety Modernization Act. Leading businesses are enabling compliance, considering data management and implementing a holistic regulatory strategy. By Myra Reynolds, LCB, CCS,...
Oil logged a weekly gain of more than 8% Friday, July 28 — the largest such rise since early December, MarketWatch reports. Three developments indicating tighter supplies ahead are lifting prices: The U.S. is reporting a drop in its domestic stockpiles. The political...
