India Ports Could Strike, Compounding Capacity Issues Into US East Coast (msn.com)

India exported $15B of apparel in 2023- 3% of the world market A port strike would have ripple affects in Asia.

American workers haven’t been this worried about losing their jobs in a decade (msn.com)

B2C may feel the impact of job losses 

Maersk to Limit Canada-Bound Cargo Ahead of Possible Rail Work Stoppage (msn.com)

Maersk is halting any Canada bound shipments that require on-carriage by rail.  Plan ahead for your cargo

24_0814_oit-strategy-2024-2028.pdf (cbp.gov)

The strategy is focused on mission and security. In FY2023 CBP processed 90,164 entries of merchandise and collected $225.9M in duties, taxes and fees from $9.02 Billion dollars of imported goods (pg13)

CBP Champions Trade Modernization Through Global Interoperability Standards Testing | U.S. Customs and Border Protection

GS1 , GLEIF and FDA will participate in a pilot for data exchange in e-commerce The standards will be part of ACE 2.0

South Texas ports of entry requiring cargo trucks to display QR codes - FreightWaves

NIQ: 34% of Spain online purchases are done via Chinese platforms - Cross-Border E-commerce Magazine (cross-border-magazine.com)

Amazon could be held responsible for defective goods sold by third-party merchants - Cross-Border E-commerce Magazine (cross-border-magazine.com)

Only 1% of Amazon.com merchants are selling outside of the U.S. - Cross-Border E-commerce Magazine (cross-border-magazine.com)

Possible work stoppage at Canada's two largest railroads could disrupt US supply chain next week (msn.com)

Starting August 20 CPCK will stop all shipments originating in Canada. CN has barred container imports from the US since August 16. Prepare for supply chain disruption.