China-US container traffic plunges 40 percent even with tariff truce
Container shipping traffic from China to the US is falling again byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts
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China-US container traffic collapses ships drop to lowest in over a year, tariff truce fails, shipping volumes plunge 50% since mid-April
Container shipping traffic from China to the US is plummeting: The number of ships departing from China to the US over the last 15 days has dropped to its lowest since February. Excluding the Chinese New Year-related decline in February, this is the lowest level in over a year.… pic.twitter.com/AYuPPJRXwS — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) …
WTO slashes 2025 trade forecast into negative… North America faces sharpest trade hit in global slump… China-US cargo plunges 30% in April… Nobody’s coming to visit…
Global trade outlook is deteriorating: The World Trade Organization expects world merchandise trade to fall -0.2% in 2025, down from +2.7% growth expected at the beginning of the year. This would follow the +2.9% growth recorded in 2024. North American trade is set to be hit… pic.twitter.com/c6h7dlUv4h — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) April 23, 2025 …
Chinese Defense Minister warns: Severe China-US conflict would be an UNBEARABLE DISASTER for the world
via naturalnews: Chinese Minister of Defense Li Shangfu has warned that a “severe conflict” between China and the United States would be an “unbearable disaster” that the world might not be able to recover from. Li gave this warning during the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, an international defense summit held every year in Singapore. (Related: Chinese fighter jet flies …