Trump’s ‘massive’ reciprocal tariffs plan is recipe for front-loading
- Reciprocal tariff rates to be set on April 1; implementation timetable still unknown
- Globe-spanning tariffs should spur frontloading in transpacific and transatlantic trades
- Prior to tariff effects, container spot rates have continued to decline. The SCFI is down 7% week on week, with Drewry’s WCI down 5%
The National Retail Federation warns that Trump’s newly announced reciprocal tariffs ‘will be extremely disruptive to our supply chains’. There is not much US importers can do in defence — except pull cargo forward
