TPP Trumped, Focus Switches to Bilateral Trade Deals

By Ed Zwirn (Read  in Wards Auto, Jan. 27, 2017)

TPP opponents include Trump, protesters in Wellington, New Zealand. Neal Ballantyne

TPP opponents include Trump, protesters in Wellington, New Zealand.
Neal Ballantyne

Now that Trump has withdrawn the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the auto industry faces other trade-policy challenges, particularly the attempts to strike bilateral deals one-on-one with many countries at once. Continue reading

Airports: US eyes infrastructure investment surge from Trump Administration

Ed Zwirn, New York – IHS Jane’s Airport Review
13 December 2016

Elaine Chao has been nominated by President-Elect Donald Trump to serve as secretary of transportation.

Elaine Chao has been nominated by President-Elect Donald Trump to serve as secretary of transportation.

The victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential election has raised hopes of federal support for airport improvements in the country. Continue reading

Massachusetts backs animal welfare plan in election-day vote

By Ed Zwirn

Published in Global Meat News on Nov. 15, 2016

animal-welfare-backed-in-massachusetts-vote_strict_xxlThe US state of Massachusetts has voted in favour of a statewide ban on the sale of pork products or veal from animals that cannot turn around or stretch their limbs within their cages. Read article

Higher freight rates seen on US imports from Asia

By Ed Zwirn

Just-Style.com, Nov. 11, 2016

manitoba-freight-companies1The bankruptcy of South Korea’s Hanjin Shipping Company, the world’s seventh-largest shipper, has exposed weaknesses in the global shipping industry, apparel executives have warned. Continue reading