-Bitcoin Hits New All Time Highs
-India’s New Free Trade Agreements
-The Growing Price of Food
-Airbus Beluga Freighter

-Amazon’s Humanoid Robots
-Surge Pricing Coming to Supply Chains
-Shelley Simpson Named New CEO at JB Hunt
-Automated Rate Negotiation

-China/US Container Volumes Are Up
-Risks of Cyber Attacks on Infrastructure Such As Cargo Cranes
-Walmart Unloads 14,000 Intermodal Containers to JB Hunt
-Chinese Subsidies VS A New, Across the Board Tariff

-White House Review of US Supply Chain
-Phoenix is the New Inland Empire
-China's Eligibility for 321 & Demininis Treatment
-Interest Rates & Inventory Levels

-West Coast Port Dominance
-Defending Ships in the Red Sea
-Death of the EV Market?
-India & World Trade Policy

-Key Straights Visualized
-Panama Traffic Breakdown
-Clean Energy Outlook 
-Here come the Chinese EV

-UPS Lays Off 12,000
-Are We on the Brink of WWIII?
-China’s Evergrande Forced to Liquidate
-Technology Driven Logistics Firms Continue to Slash Jobs

-Red Sea Marine Insurance is Skyrocketing
-Vessel & Equipment Crisis Brewing
-Customs Sets Up Change to Entry Requirement
-Rail Update: Collaboration is Critical

-Winter Storms Across the US
-Home prices are slipping
-New Era of Global Sea Power
-Marine Casualty Insurance SOARs

-New CBP Ruling Has People Wondering
-2024 Will Be A Year of Autonomous Trucking 
-US Energy Exports Up 35% Since Red Sea Crisis
-Brad Jacob's New Venture, QXO

-Libya’s Top Oil Field Halts Production
-Air Freight as the Solution for Chaos in the Red Sea?
-US Mexico Rail Closures Cost $100 Million Per Day
-The Year of Parcel is Underway

What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? As we approach 2024, Doug Draper and Pete Mento make some new logistics predictions for 2024. While these forward facing statements do not constitute financial advice, it's always an interesting and insightful conversation!

-Cargo Theft is up 56% This Year
-Norwegian Tanker Attacked, Despite No Clear Ties to Israel
-Walmart Adding Parcel Stations for Faster Delivery
-Global Trade to Shrink by 5% - According to the UN

-New Respiratory Issue in China?
-Black Friday & Cyber Monday
-Halftime
-Amazon Getting in the Auto Business
-USPS saw a 5.9% Increase in 2024

-Holiday Shopping is Going to Lift Spirits for Q1
-New Argentinian President Javier Milei
-Shein & Fast Fashion Supply Chain Practice
-Houthi Helicopter Raid on Civilian Cargo Ship

-Two-Step Measure to Avert Government Shutdown
-Air Freight Industry Updates
-Panama Canal Crisis
-Is the AI Bubble Popping?

-East Coast / West Coast Tug of War
-Maersk Layoffs - Everyone Calm Down
-Halftime
-Talk about Modernizing Rail Corridor between Boston & DC
-Expansion of Forced Labor Goods?

-Government Support for Importers & Exporters
-Peak Inventory Levels Have Balanced Out
-Apple Facing Ban on Imports
-Africa is on the Rise