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Comment on this article
Jakub Zawidzki
February 03, 2025 at 9:47 amVery interesting.
I thought contracts are bilateral and customer can’t decide about rates by himself. Something I don’t understand here.
Secondly there is one very worrying and short term vision conclusion coming from this article: thread are Central and Eastern carriers who are part of European Union, not Chinees forwarders growing on our market, not duties which will be imposed by USA.
How short term and stupid approach in western Europe and Germany there is. Very disappointing.
Instead of being united and face external risk, defend European market we will fight internally. IN Washington, Pekin and Moscow they are already opening Champagne, celebrating stupidity of EU.