Nvidia has reportedly criticized Anthropic over its stance on U.S. chip export restrictions. “American firms should focus on innovation and rise to the challenge, rather than tell tall tales that large, heavy, and sensitive electronics are somehow smuggled in ‘baby bumps’ or ‘alongside live lobsters,’”...
Consumer spending, the chief engine of economic growth, was not enough to stop an overall pullback in U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). And with evidence of a slowing gains in disposable income, consumers’ appetite to keep spending look set to be tested. The Bureau of...
Trade uncertainty, canal closures and shipping rate volatility or not, shipments still need to get delivered. On Wednesday (April 23) global freight booking and payment platform Freightos introduced Freightos Enterprise. A press release described the new tech product as a unified digital suite for large-volume...
U.S. farmers are reportedly concerned about the current trade war with China, as that country buys about half of U.S. exports of soybeans. A drop in demand for that commodity — which amounted to nearly $25 billion in sales by U.S. farmers to customers around...
January 19, 2017
Talking down the dollar seems a new strategy for a new administration. Here’s what a weaker dollar may mean on stages large and small, from the macro to the micro level.
June 16, 2025
American importers are facing yet another complication from White House trade policies. As Reuters reported Monday (June 16), it’s a phenomenon known as “tariff stacking,” which is placing increasing pressure on businesses that source products from countries like China. The report uses the example of Texas businessman John Hamer, whose company, Rodgers Wade Manufacturing, makes store fixtures […]
May 01, 2025
Nvidia has reportedly criticized Anthropic over its stance on U.S. chip export restrictions. “American firms should focus on innovation and rise to the challenge, rather than tell tall tales that...
April 23, 2025
Trade uncertainty, canal closures and shipping rate volatility or not, shipments still need to get delivered. On Wednesday (April 23) global freight booking and payment platform Freightos introduced Freightos Enterprise....
April 11, 2025
U.S. farmers are reportedly concerned about the current trade war with China, as that country buys about half of U.S. exports of soybeans. A drop in demand for that commodity...