If Donald Trump becomes US president again next month, there will be more pressure on container freight rates, as he is expected to reinstate protectionist measures that will reduce imports.
Among the speakers at a shipping forum organised by South Korea’s National Assembly this month, Korea Maritime Institute head Kim Min-soo explained: “This would spell decline, particularly in transpacific rates and intra-Asia rates.
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