News / Air freight rates flutter as global trade starts to cool and tariffs bite

04/09/2018

World trade saw its largest monthly contraction of the year in August.

It fell 1.3% at the end of last month, with Asian exports expected to fare particularly badly in the coming months.

According to figures from Kuehne + Nagel’s data company, LogIndex, the sharpest slowdown will be seen ...

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