The United States is battling China and other countries over their unfair trade practices. The chosen weapon is tariffs.  We have been volleying tariffs at the Chinese, and they have been volleying back.

It is unsettling for importers, exporters and the entire logistics network.

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The US may be winning the battle. China just announced it is reducing the tariffs on many US products.  Those items which had recently been increased to 20-25% have been reduced to 10%, and those that were previously increased to10% have been reduced to 5%.  These changes went into effect immediately.

Let’s keep our fingers crossed for further reductions and a positive outcome.

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