Air Freight News
Planters ordered to destroy oil-palm as Sri Lanka joins boycott
Palm oil suffered another blow as Sri Lanka banned imports of the world’s most-consumed cooking oil and told planters to get rid of all the…
Automakers want aid set aside for car-grade US chip production
Automakers want a portion of the money Congress approved for addressing the global semiconductor shortage to be reserved for vehicle-grade chips -- warning of a…
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Biden likely to name Evercore’s Bianchi as trade deputy
President Joe Biden is likely to name longtime aide and Obama administration veteran Sarah Bianchi as deputy U.S. trade representative, according to people familiar with…
U.K. holds off travel restart in latest setback for airlines
The U.K. government told Britons to hold off on planning foreign holidays this summer, deflating the hopes of an airline industry desperate to get flying…
AirAsia plans $300 million funding round for digital arm
AirAsia Group Bhd. plans to raise as much as $300 million to expand its digital business arm AirAsia Digital, according to people with knowledge of…
Yellen declares end to Trump’s global retreat, eyes tax deal
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen outlined the case for a harmonized corporate tax rate across the world’s major economies, part of an effort to restore global…
US airlines are bringing back more pilots as travel demand rebounds
U.S. airlines are bringing back more pilots as they prepare for an expected travel rebound.
Singapore hedge fund targets billions for trade finance
A Singapore hedge fund that’s posted steady gains by financing commodity trades in everything from rice to cashews, is working with a global business group…
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Commerce continues to honor the lives of Secretary Brown and eleven Commerce employees
Twenty-five years ago today, former Secretary Ron Brown perished in a fatal plane crash in Dubrovnik, Croatia that also took the lives of 32 other…
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WorldACD: Trends for the past 5 weeks (wk 12)
WorldACD covering each of the last 5 weeks up till Sunday 28 March.