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Lori LaRocco

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Senior Editor, Guests at CNBC

Award-winning Author, Senior Editor of Guests and Global Logistics Reporter for CNBC. Trade Columnist for FreightWaves

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  • First Chinese goods hit with 145%-plus tariffs arriving at U.S. ports

    6 days ago | cnbc.com | Lori LaRocco

    Container ships sit docked at the Port of Los Angeles on May 06, 2025 in San Pedro, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesUpwards of 12,000 shipping containers that are subject to the 145%-plus tariffs levied by President Trump are on the first flotilla of Chinese freight vessels arriving at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

  • U.S.-U.K. trade deal: From Ford to McLaren, steel to beef, impact to be limited, says freight CEO

    6 days ago | cnbc.com | Lori LaRocco

    Joe Giddens - Pa Images | Pa Images | Getty ImagesThe U.S.-U.K. trade deal announced by President Trump on Thursday will result in some wins across the autos, agriculture and industrial sectors, but the overall impact on trade will be limited, according to a freight CEO whose company handles shipments across the Atlantic Ocean route.

  • Trump trade tariffs slump widens to 'nearly all U.S. exports,' supply chain data shows

    1 week ago | flipboard.com | Lori LaRocco

    NowFact check: Trump makes more false claims about Canada in advance of meeting with prime ministerWashington CNN — President Donald Trump has been making false claims about Canada for months. He did it again in the days leading up to his scheduled Tuesday meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney.

  • Trump trade tariffs take U.S. imports, exports to near Covid-level event: 'Haven't seen anything like this since 2020'

    1 week ago | cnbc.com | Lori LaRocco

    What began as a rapid drop in U.S. imports as shippers cut orders from manufacturing partners around the world has now extended into a nationwide export slump, with the U.S. agricultural sector and top farm products including soybeans, corn, and beef taking the hardest hit.

  • Why the Panama Canal is a big, long-term prize in Trump's global trade war

    1 week ago | cnbc.com | Lori LaRocco

    The Panama Canal has spent the past few years battling extreme weather, with the El Niño phenomenon and severe drought leading to a water-level crisis. Now, it's President Trump's trade war that is threatening the global trade gateway. A critical passage for U.S. East Coast bound ocean freight container traffic, the Panama Canal is facing a potential business slump as a result of Trump's China tariffs and a rapid decline in manufactured goods being ordered by U.S. shippers.

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Lori Ann LaRocco
Lori Ann LaRocco @loriannlarocco
4 Mar 25

TRADE ALERT- Inflation from Trump's trade tariffs is going to hit soon, says shipping giant Maersk My interview with Charles van Der Steene at TPM. #tpm #china #tariffs #canada #mexico https://t.co/nfBIT3lEOd

Lori Ann LaRocco
Lori Ann LaRocco @loriannlarocco
27 Feb 25

TRADE ALERT- The good times are over for the world's largest ocean carriers as pricing power plummets https://t.co/GAwLRVrM01 #OCEANFREIGHT #MSC #CONTAINERS #TRADE

Lori Ann LaRocco
Lori Ann LaRocco @loriannlarocco
22 Jan 25

TRADE ALERT- Chemicals industry, freight rails brace for Trump tariffs on Canada, Mexico https://t.co/tXOoHcBLka #CANDA #MEXICO #TRADEWAR #TARIFFS #TRUMP