Container Carriers Wage Price War to Form Global Shipping Oligopoly by Wolf Richter • Jun 17, 2015 • 16 Comments “I don’t think it will backfire” – CEO of Maersk, the world’s largest carrier.
Democracy on Hold: President of European Parliament Suspends Vote on Secretive U.S.-EU Trade Pact as Tide Turns Against It by Don Quijones • Jun 9, 2015 • 4 Comments Our conniving leaders are once again forced back to the drawing board.
China Containerized Freight Index Collapses by Wolf Richter • Jun 5, 2015 • 25 Comments An ugly reflection of reality.
US Containerized Exports Plunge Off the Chart by Wolf Richter • May 28, 2015 • 25 Comments To worst level since the Financial Crisis, as US manufacturing swoons.
Global Trade Dives Most since the Financial Crisis by Wolf Richter • May 25, 2015 • 12 Comments This sort of thing isn’t supposed to happen.
Monsanto Bites Back by Don Quijones • May 24, 2015 • 14 Comments After relentless fallout across the globe.
The Global Trade Corporatocracy Slams into Local Resistance by Don Quijones • May 17, 2015 • 14 Comments Not everything is going according to script for the self-anointed architects of the new global order.
Global Demand for Chinese Goods Sinks, Chinese Leaders ‘Caught Off Guard by Sharpness of Downturn’ by Wolf Richter • May 8, 2015 • 7 Comments Trade moves in wobbly circles.
China Containerized Freight Index Plunges to Multi-Year Low, Shanghai-EU Rates Totally Collapse, US Rates Morose by Wolf Richter • May 4, 2015 • 17 Comments Something is going on in the shipping business – and beyond – to create this gloom.
Caving In to Corporatism: Endgame for Secret “Trade” Pact Negotiations by Don Quijones • Apr 30, 2015 • 10 Comments Voters don’t support that program. Hence the need for secrecy, obfuscation, and lies.
