Risk surface
Tariffs & customs
Duty changes, de minimis, CBP enforcement and entry-process friction.
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Year-End Trade Compliance Checklist: What Importers Should Fix Before Open Entries and Classification Errors Carry Into 2027
A practical year-end article for U.S. importers on how to triage open entries, classification issues, recordkeeping gaps, and broker instructions before PSC windows tighten and ...
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CBP’s New Truck Export Manifest Pilot Could Shift Border Freight Compliance Upstream of Loading
CBP’s new Electronic Export Manifest test for truck cargo requires limited data 24 hours before departure and a full manifest two hours before arrival at the final port of expor...
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Canada’s New Tariffs on U.S. Goods Are Now an Operating Problem for Cross-Border Supply Chains
Canada’s September 8, 2026 counter-tariffs on C$27.6 billion of U.S. imports have shifted North American trade friction into day-one operating reality. The measures span 15%, 25...
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Urgent Freight to Mexico: Why Border Execution, Not Highway Miles, Decides Southbound Line-Down Recovery
Urgent southbound freight into Mexico succeeds or fails less on highway speed than on importer readiness, broker coordination, document accuracy, valuation support, and the chos...
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Before the AOG Call Comes: Build a Parts-Logistics Response Plan That Cuts Recovery Delays
This article lays out a practical AOG readiness framework for airline maintenance control teams, MRO planners, and corporate flight departments. It explains how pre-built contac...
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Heightened CBP Security at U.S. Ports Is Turning Customs Holds Into a New Demurrage Risk for Importers
A July 22, 2026 Journal of Commerce report and related 2026 enforcement signals indicate that tougher CBP scrutiny at U.S. seaports is extending container holds and increasing d...
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U.S.-Mexico Trade Hit $73 Billion in February as Border Capacity Tightens
U.S.-Mexico trade reached $73.02 billion in February 2026, while major gateways including Laredo, Pharr, Otay Mesa and El Paso continued to face structural capacity pressure. Ve...
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Mexico Truckers’ Nationwide Strike Hits Key Freight Corridors, Raising New Risks for U.S.-Mexico Supply Chains
A nationwide truckers’ and farmers’ strike in Mexico began April 6 with planned blockades across multiple states, threatening the highway network that feeds the largest U.S.-Mex...
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Salalah Strike Forces India Trade Reroutes as New Delhi Delays Cabotage Rollback
The Port of Salalah’s temporary closure after a March 28 drone strike has become the clearest sign that the Middle East freight crisis is now reshaping India-linked container ne...
- USTR opens sweeping Section 301 probes on industrial overcapacity, raising tariff risk across heavy manufacturing supply chains USTR has initiated Section 301 investigations into alleged structural excess capacity in manufacturing across multiple economies, setting hearings from May 5, 2026. The move inc...
- Tariff Reimbursement in International Logistics: How to Recover Duties, Reduce Tariffs, and Control Shipping Freight Costs Built for import/export, trade compliance, finance, and logistics leaders, this guide explains what “tariff reimbursement” really means and where overpayments typically originat...