Peter Eavis

3 weeks ago | virginislandsdailynews.com | Peter Eavis

The largest commercial shipping companies continue to avoid the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, despite a recent ceasefire agreement between the United States and Houthis intended to make the trade lanes safer. The ceasefire, which began May 6, ended a U.S. campaign that involved more than 1,100 strikes against the Houthis in Yemen and became a source of embarrassment for the Trump administration after group chats about the strikes inadvertently became public.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Peter Eavis

Traffic through the Suez Canal is down about 60 percent since 2023, even after Trump-ordered attacks on the Houthis and now a cease-fire. The largest commercial shipping companies continue to avoid the Red Sea and Suez Canal, despite a recent cease-fire agreement between the United States and Houthis intended to make the trade lanes safer.

1 month ago | myheraldreview.com | Peter Eavis

When President Donald Trump temporarily reduced tariffs this month on imports from China from the astronomical level that he had set in March, the stock market soared and economists said a recession was now less likely. But the emergency is not over for small business owners like Carina Hamel and Robby Ringer who import products from China.

1 month ago | myheraldreview.com | Peter Eavis

PHILADELPHIA — President Donald Trump and some members of Congress want to revive a depleted American shipbuilding industry to compete with China, the world’s biggest maker of ships by far. It is such a daunting goal that some shipping experts say it is destined to fail. More hopeful analysts and industry executives say the Trump administration and Congress could succeed but only if they are willing to spend billions of dollars over many years.

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Peter Eavis

Share When President Trump temporarily reduced tariffs this month on imports from China from the astronomical level that he had set in March, the stock market soared and economists said a recession was now less likely.But the emergency is not over for small business owners like Carina Hamel and Robby Ringer who import products from China.Ms. Hamel and Mr. Ringer’s company, Bivo, sells stainless steel water bottles with a patented nozzle that allows users — think, thirsty cyclists — to gulp...