Trade News Updates

Total container traffic though the Port of Los Angeles dropped 12% in January as exports and imports weakened from a year earlier, when shippers rushed to move freight in anticipation of tariffs.

Janice Charette will work with the minister responsible for Canada-U.S. trade, Dominic LeBlanc, on the joint review of the trade agreement between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.

Qube operates a transport and trade network that handles goods and services, including outbound grain and cottonseed shipments. It has operations in Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia. 

The agreement comes as the U.S. remains reliant on Taiwan for its production of computer chips, the exporting of which contributed to a trade imbalance of nearly $127 billion during 2025.

The president has asked aides why he shouldn’t withdraw from the pact, which he signed during his first term, though he has stopped short of flatly signaling that he will do so, Bloomberg reports.

A Supreme Court decision on the legality of the levies is pending. Chinese company BYD's American units said they brought their suit as they’re not assured of a refund.

The bridge project was negotiated by former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and paid for by the Canadian government to help ease congestion over the Ambassador Bridge and Detroit-Windsor tunnel. 

Argentina and the U.S. agreed to scrap hundreds of tariffs on each other’s goods in a trade and investment deal, a major step in President Javier Milei’s push to open up the country's economy.

The goods and services trade gap nearly doubled from the prior month to $56.8 billion, Commerce Department data showed Jan. 29. The trade data has been prone to volatility related to trade policy.

The Detroit-based manufacturer also said it will likely end output of its all-electric Chevrolet Bolt that’s built in the Kansas plant in about a year and a half.