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 Our office in Italy has made us aware that trucking companies and the VTE Genova terminal have called for a strike beginning tomorrow, July 12, 2018, until Tuesday, July 17, 2018.

The trade war is escalating quickly as China has retaliated against Trump's trade regulations on over $34 billion of Chinese goods.

Many carriers have instituted Emergency Bunker surcharges and Cost Recovery measures that went into effect July 1, 2018. The new charges are in response to the overall increase in fuel costs over the last year and continued attempts to get rates to a sustainable level. Vessels in many wine and spirits trades are sailing at 100 percent capacity and often overbooked.

The CBP has finally released the long-awaited guidelines on the implementation of the Craft Beverage Modernization Act of 2017. We have provided the guidelines below for your reference. They are also available on the CBP website by clicking the link below.

Union workers in France have called for a nationwide strike Thursday, June 28, 2018.