Topic: Trade

222 posts

International trade: packaging material

New legislation (“Plant Health Law”) impacting wood packaging material for imported goods will enter into force on the 14th of December 2019. Shippers are affected […]

Trade with US

Last week the Trade committee of the European Parliament voted in favour of opening trade negotiations with the United States.

Shippers call for action on looming trade wars

Hong Kong, March 27, 2018 The Global Shippers’ Alliance (GSA) representing  major shippers’ organisations from Asia, Europe, and the US, calls on world leaders to solve the dispute […]

Chinese customs and international trade

With the development of the Chinese initiative One belt One Road that involves a lot of countries and entities, efficient cooperation is required between all […]

Hong Kong and ASEAN to collaborate on trade

ESC welcomes the closer collaboration between Hong Kong and ASEAN countries – Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. A free trade agreement (FTA) between Hong Kong […]

Trade Disruption in Qatar Region

What should shippers do? June 6th, 2017, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Yemen and Libya announced that they were severing ties with Qatar due to […]

EU Trade Agreement with Canada is signed

ESC applauds the approval of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade agreement (CETA) by the European Parliament on 15 February 2017. This agreement will reduce […]