Container rates rise 7% on Shanghai-Rotterdam leg to $4,682
Container freight spot rates rose sharply on major east-west routes as carriers implemented price hikes on 1 July, with the ...
Region: Europe
Germany pledges tougher trade stance amid 34-point economic revival plan
Germany’s ruling coalition has adopted a 34-point economic revival plan that signals a decisive hardening of its trade posture toward ...
Prolonged Sitting Raises Cancer Death Risk 9% Per Hour
A study of 91,292 UK Biobank participants found each additional hour of uninterrupted sitting (≥30 min) raises cancer death risk ...
Japan-India Summit Pledges AI, Clean Energy, Defense Ties
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a summit in New Delhi on July 2, ...
China signals openness to cutting €1B/day EU trade surplus
Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao signaled in Brussels talks that Beijing is open to reducing its €1 billion-per-day trade surplus ...
Symbotic acquires UK-based ARMS Innovations to unify warehouse operations
Symbotic has acquired UK-based ARMS Innovations on July 2, 2026, to expand its AI-powered robotics platform into enterprise-level Warehouse Operations ...
Mexico SME Sales Fall 5.1% Amid USMCA Supply Chain Strain
Mexico's SME sector is under acute financial strain, with sales down 5.1% year-on-year through April 2026 — threatening USMCA's regional ...
Burnham proposes warehouse tax hike to fund pub, shop cuts
Potential UK prime minister Andy Burnham proposes raising business rates on warehouses to fund tax cuts for shops and pubs. ...
Samsung pledges $90 billion to strengthen AI chip supply chain
Samsung has pledged $90 billion over 10 years to strengthen its AI chip supply chain, allocating $35 billion to South ...
FedEx sells supply chain unit to CMA CGM for $1.4 billion
FedEx Corp. has agreed to sell its FedEx Supply Chain subsidiary to CMA CGM Group for $1.4 billion, effective July ...
