Shipping in a Tariff Truce: A Shipper’s Guide to Container Strategy (Video Explainer)
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In this Video Explainer episode of The Freight Buyers’ Club, host Mike King delivers a strategic visual briefing on the latest US-China tariff developments — and how they’re impacting global container markets, supply chains, and BCO planning in the summer of 2025.
Designed for C-suite decision-makers and logistics professionals, this explainer breaks down:
- What the new US–China “tariff truce” actually means
- The impact of a 90-day window on transpacific trade volumes and rates – is an early peak season brewing?
- Strategic insights from leaders at the Port of Long Beach, Freightos, and the Global Shippers Association
- SME survival tactics: Logistics veteran John McCauley on stock strategies, FX hedges, and upstream supplier moves
- How Red Sea risk, Suez uncertainty, and global overcapacity could whipsaw container rates
️ Produced with support from Dimerco Express Group. [https://dimerco.com/]
Guests
Mark Chadwick, President, Global Shippers Association
Zvi Schreiber, CEO, Freightos
Dr Noel Hacegaba, COO, Port of Long Beach
John McCauley, BCO Consultant/Former VP Transportation & Logistics, Cargill
Links:
Keith Schwatz linkedin post: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7328539638933897216/
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