OceanX: Postcard from 'pretty cool' Shanghai
Just as the US Trade Representative hits hard…
Let’s start with Donald J Trump, president-elect and future “leader of the free world“, his grace touched on our humble industry twice last week.
First, he met the Daggerts (the family clan that runs the ILA) and took to Truth Social to make clear that he is on the side of hard working Americans (ILA) and against those profit-hungry foreign firms operating in US ports (USMX) – a lot is written on the subject.
My take is that ...
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