- A strategic update on the US-China tariff truce and its effects on transpacific trade volumes, container rates, and supply chain planning for summer 2025.
- Expert insights on market risks, SME survival strategies, and how global factors like Red Sea tensions and overcapacity may influence container shipping dynamics.
The latest episode of The Freight Buyers’ Club is now available on all podcast platforms. In this Video Explainer, host Mike King delivers a strategic briefing on the recent US-China tariff developments and their impact on global container markets, supply chains, and BCO planning for the summer of 2025.
Critical Analysis of Current Trade and Supply Chain Dynamics
This explainer unpacks the new US-China “tariff truce” and its real implications, examines how the 90-day window may shape transpacific trade volumes and rates—hinting at a possible early peak season—and shares strategic perspectives from leaders at the Port of Long Beach, Freightos, and the Global Shippers Association. Logistics expert John McCauley offers survival tactics for SMEs, including stock strategies, FX hedges, and supplier management. The episode also explores how risks like Red Sea tensions, Suez Canal uncertainties, and global overcapacity could create volatility in container rates. Produced with support from Dimerco Express Group.
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