Category: Global Trade

2026 Peak Season Outlook: 52% Expect More Activity Amid Tariff Risk

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LM Reader Survey Assesses 2026 Peak Season OutlookDriving Forces Behind the Early 2026 Peak SeasonIn recent years, Peak Season has meant different things for supply chain and logistics stakeholders, first due to the pandemic and subsequently due to trade- and tariff-related issue...

From €150 Exemption to €3 Per Item: How EU's 2026 Customs Reform Rewrites Cross-Border E-Commerce

On July 1, 2026, the EU scraps the €150 duty exemption on parcels arriving from outside the bloc and replaces it with a flat €3 charge per item. The decision, approved by the EU Council in June 2025 and backed by the EU Parliament a month later, hits roughly 93% of cross-border e...

USTR widens Section 301 probes, adding 60 countries over forced labor concerns

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USTR opens broad Section 301 probes as White House sustains tariff strategy

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White House Order Directs Maritime Action Plan to Rebuild U.S. Shipbuilding

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Executive Order establishes a Maritime Action PlanIn April 2025 President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order titled "Restoring America’s Maritime Dominance" that mandates the creation of a Maritime Action Plan (MAP). The MAP is intended to lay out a strategy with co...