US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s plan to raise tariffs on imports could trigger a “free for all” in the global trading system, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala warns, according to Bloomberg. Trump’s proposal would impose a 60% tariff on imports from China and 10% on imports from the rest of the world. Okonjo-Iweala called on WTO members to “keep a cool head and not retaliate so we can preserve the world trading system.”

A new wave of car imports is expected to hit ports following an anticipated spike in the number of car-carrying ships, chief executive at shipping giant Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lasse Kristoffersen told the Financial Times. Operators have made orders for 198 new vessels that are due to arrive by the end of 2027, which will increase car-carrying capacity by around 42%, says the newswire. Congestion is likely to increase at terminals since port capacity is unlikely to expand at the same rate, Kristoffersen said. “We think the next big bottleneck will be terminals and distribution,” he said.

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