American Journal of Transportation

1 day ago | ajot.com | Andrea Shalal |Emma Farge |Olivia Le Poidevin |Lisa Baertlein

Global stock markets surged on Monday after the U.S. and China agreed to slash steep tariffs for at least 90 days, tapping the brakes on a trade war between the world's two biggest economies that had fed fears of a global recession. But the temporary pause did little to address the underlying schisms that led to the dispute, including the U.S. trade deficit with China and U.S. President Donald Trump's demand for more action from Beijing to combat the U.S. fentanyl crisis.

5 days ago | ajot.com | Joe Cash |Yukun Zhang

China's exports beat forecasts in April, buoyed by demand for materials from overseas manufacturers who rushed out goods to make the most of U.S. President Donald Trump's 90-day tariff pause. The world's two largest economies have been locked in a bruising tit-for-tat tariff war and businesses on both sides of the Pacific will be looking for some kind of resolution at closely watched trade talks in Switzerland this weekend.

6 days ago | ajot.com | Lisa Baertlein |Jarrett Renshaw

U.S. energy groups are asking President Donald Trump's administration to exempt liquefied natural gas tankers from a new rule that will require producers to move an increasing percentage of their exports on U.S.-built vessels as part of a broader push to revive domestic shipbuilding. The U.S. is the world's No. 1 LNG exporter at $34 billion annually and the Trump administration has been a supporter of the industry in his push for energy dominance.

6 days ago | ajot.com | Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen |Stine Jacobsen

Shipping group Maersk said on Thursday container volumes plunged 30-40% between the U.S. in China in April as a trade war erupted between the world's top economies, and warned a protracted dispute could shrink global volumes this year. However, the Danish group stuck to its full-year profit guidance, helped by continued disruption on the Red Sea trade route that has pushed up freight rates.

6 days ago | ajot.com | Karen Freifeld |Arsheeya Bajwa

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration plans to rescind and modify a Biden-era rule that curbed the export of sophisticated artificial-intelligence chips, a spokeswoman for the Department of Commerce said on Wednesday. The regulation was aimed at further restricting AI chip and technology exports, dividing up the world to keep advanced computing power in the United States and among its allies while finding more ways to block China's access.