The former president has promised additional 60%  tariffs — or higher — on goods coming from China.

Over the course of his campaign, Trump vowed to implement tariffs on Chinese imports between 60% and 100%, in addition to 10-20% tariffs on all other imports.

A 60% tariff on Chinese goods and a 10% tariff on goods from all other countries would result in a trade war that would lower U.K. growth.

The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade estimates that more than $600,000 million worth of trade has been disrupted in just the first 18 hours of the West Coast work stoppage.

The levies range between 8% and 35% depending on the manufacturer — on top of an existing 10% tariff — and are set to remain in place for the next five years. 

In July, an incendiary device exploded in a container due to be loaded on to a DHL cargo plane in each of three U.K. and EU locations.

The brief strike by East and Gulf Coast dockworkers brought to the fore the ongoing controversy about automation at U.S. ports, and its ultimate impact on human workers.

The investigation will focus on the systems Temu has in place to limit the sale of non-compliant products, and risks linked to the addictive design of the service.

The regulation will result in an increase of 44,000 barrels a day in demand for a type of diesel fuel known as marine gas-oil next year.

Logistics companies will see costs rise because of the increase in minimum wage and contributions employers will need to make to the country’s National Insurance program.