How EU-US trade tensions are re-shaping container shipping

As EU and US negotiators scramble to prevent a full-scale trade war ahead of a critical July deadline, the global shipping industry watches with cautious urgency, as Bloomberg reported.

With Washington threatening a blanket 50 % tariff on almost all EU products from 9 July and Brussels readying €21 billion in counter-measures, negotiators now frame success as an agreement in principle that merely extends talks past the deadline.

In recent weeks, data reveals a cooling in transatlantic container demand.