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News / Trade war ripples rock transpacific: first eastbound volume decline in ten years

LONG BEACH - JULY 31, 2017: Port industries at sunset. The city
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The lack of developments on negotiations between China and the US on tariffs is expected to contribute to the first full-year decline in volumes on the headhaul eastbound transpacific trade since the global financial crisis.

The last time the trade saw volumes decline was in 2009, ...

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