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CSRD: Turning Mandatory Reporting into a Competitive Edge
The European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) makes sustainability disclosures mandatory for thousands of companies. Deloitte’s recent assessment of 200 early adopters...
US Targets Tariff Evasion
The White House has launched a revitalised Trade Fraud Task Force to clamp down on tariff evasion and customs violations. This coordinated cross-agency initiative is set to bring sharper enforcement...
EU Deforestation-Free Product Law Faces Further Delays
The EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products (EUDR), which defines compliance obligations for businesses trading with the European market, is facing further implementation delays. Designed to...
Automotive RoRo Market Steadies as Asian Exports Surge
The global car carrier sector is showing renewed stability as strong vehicle exports from Asia offset earlier trade uncertainty. Recent tariff adjustments in the US and falling charter rates have...
Growth Sustained, But Reliability and Policy Risks Loom for Air Freight
Air cargo volumes surprised on the upside again in August, rising by around 5% year on year, the second consecutive month of growth at this pace. Capacity also increased by 4%, though yields came...
Road freight prices edge higher in August
Stronger August demand lifted UK road transport prices, with both haulage and courier markets firming despite fresh capacity entering the system. The latest TEG Price Index shows overall prices...
UK Economic Pulse: Stagnation in July Signals a Fragile Balance for Trade
The UK economy stalled in July 2025, with GDP flatlining after June’s 0.4% rise. While this performance matched market expectations, the detail matters: services and construction posted marginal...
Resetting UK–EU trade
Five years on from the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) and with the 2026 review fast approaching, the UK and EU have a chance to move beyond firefighting and design a trading relationship that...
Carriers Sustain Transpacific Rate Momentum with Strategic Blanking
Transpacific carriers have achieved notable success this September in upholding spot freight rates despite softer volumes and ongoing market pressures. Through a mix of strategic blank sailings and...
Asia Pacific Freight Markets Reshape as Tariffs Shift Trade Flows
Air and sea freight in the Asia Pacific region is at the centre of global freight realignments, as eCommerce and feeder shipping operations are reshaped by recent policy changes in the US. ...
Managing an Oversupplied Sea Freight Market
Unpredictable scheduling, blank sailings and overcapacity continue to unsettle the major east–west, transatlantic and transpacific trade lanes. But with tools such as late-stage blanking, slow...












