AJOT Newsroom
| March 20, 2020
| Intermodal | Trucking
Summary
Freight markets are currently dealing with two high-level issues related to COVID-19: the impact of imports and domestic replenishment. Companies in the U.S. increased their inventories last year in response to rising trade tensions with China. This has proven to provide a much-needed buffer to deal with the disruption in imports from China and Southeast Asia in general.