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Bloomberg | September 30, 2021

Okonjo-Iweala grows frustrated with WTO inertia, floats quitting

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the leader of the World Trade Organization, began the year with a plan to score quick negotiating victories that she said would help reboot the dysfunctional Geneva-based trade body.

EZ Link Taiwan handles OOG machinery to Los Angeles

AJOT Newsroom | September 30, 2021 | Project / Heavy Lift | Maritime Project

After receiving their client's request to ship their OOG cargo in a rush, EZ Link have urgently handled a piece of machinery from Kaohsiung Port in Taiwan to Los Angeles in the USA via container vessel.

C.H. Robinson handles shipment to Perth by Antonov AN-124

The project logistics team at C.H. Robinson have coordinated the air shipment of two compressor bundles and related accessories for a petroleum exploration and production company in Australia.

[FBX Weekly] Dip in transpac rates may signal peak season demand beginning to ease

AJOT Newsroom | September 30, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

EU makes $2 billion push to curb reliance on China’s rare earths

Bloomberg | September 30, 2021 | International Trade | Commodity

Air Charter Service and Volga-Dnepr Group celebrate 30 years of humanitarian collaboration 

AJOT Newsroom | September 30, 2021 | Air Cargo | Freighters

This year two of the most established names in the air cargo charter world are celebrating 30 years of collaborating on humanitarian missions and, to celebrate, Konstantin Vekshin of Volga-Dnepr Group and Justin Lancaster and Dan Morgan-Evans of Air Charter Service recently caught up on board an Antonov 124-100 to reminisce on the companies’ work together.

India swings to bigger-than-expected current account surplus

Bloomberg | September 30, 2021 | International Trade

H&M, Boohoo warn on supplies as business faces Christmas crunch

Bloomberg | September 30, 2021 | Logistics

Iron battery breakthrough could eat lithium’s lunch

Bloomberg | September 30, 2021 | Energy | Alternative

Iron-flow technology from ESS is being deployed at scale in the U.S.

EU, US divided on steel-duties solution as deadline nears

Bloomberg | September 30, 2021 | International Trade | Commodity

The European Union and U.S. are still divided over their dispute regarding Trump-era metals tariffs and is waiting for Washington to provide more details on proposed quotas as a deadline to reach an agreement nears.

End of US sanctions breathes new life into Sudanese airline

Bloomberg | September 30, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

EU, US seek to avert chip-subsidy race, float supply links

Bloomberg | September 30, 2021 | International Trade

VW’s Traton abruptly replaces CEO, CFO in management turmoil

Bloomberg | September 30, 2021 | Intermodal | Trucking

Ports & Terminals

Stas Margaronis | September 30, 2021

TGS’ Schneider and Port of Oakland’s Brandes urge ocean carriers return to Oakland

The recent decision by ocean carriers to reduce vessel service at the Port of Oakland and send more vessels to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach has negatively impacted U.S. agricultural exporters in the middle of the harvest.

Europe asking Russia for more coal Is set for disappointment

Bloomberg | September 30, 2021 | International Trade | Commodity

International Trade

Bloomberg | September 29, 2021

Philip Morris IQOS imports barred in Reynolds tobacco fight

Philip Morris International Inc. and partner Altria Group Inc. will be barred from importing the IQOS heated-tobacco sticks into the U.S. after they lost a legal battle with British American Tobacco Plc before a U.S. trade agency. Philip Morris pledged to challenge what it called a “puzzling” decision.

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