Trade financing offer to Flexport customers hit by tariffs

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I know, we are at risk of running too many stories about Flexport this week, but this is interesting. Flexport is offering customers a financing solution to help “alleviate the working capital constraints caused by US-China tariffs”. 

Customers of Flexport, which specialises in China to US tradelanes, are highly likely to have been affected by tariffs, and vice president of Flexport Capital Dan Glazer notes that customers are “spread too thin” and have been constrained by the tariffs.  

“Unless we can provide companies with a way to manage their finances in a sustainable, ...