Donald Trump

POLYMER PRICES Polyethylene April: Customs chaos leads to almost stable prices / Reductions expected towards end of month / Intensification of downward trend likely in May	05.05.2025
LOGISTICS Trump demands free passage for Suez and Panama Canals	02.05.2025
PLASTIC FANTASTIC The last straw: plastic trumps paper	02.05.2025
SERBIA Uncertainty over oil supplies plagues petrochemical industry / Integration with European economy has pros and cons	29.04.2025
LOGISTICS Trump's punitive tariffs send containers sailing empty across world's oceans	25.04.2025
EUROPEAN CAR MARKET EU registrations ease in Q1 and March / EVs lead in market share / Washington sends more mixed signals on sector tariffs	25.04.2025
WORLD ECONOMY IMF again slashes global growth estimates / Berlin expects flat GDP this year / Tariff chaos drives fears / German, EU spending set to support Europe	24.04.2025
POLYMER PRICES Polyurethane feedstocks April: Prices between rollover and small uptick / Demand remains weak / US punitive tariffs drive exports from Asia to Europe	23.04.2025
LOGISTICS Low water puts strain on inland shipping / Transport from China to US, Northern Europe becomes more expensive	17.04.2025
TRADE WAR US reciprocal tariff policy to reshape Sino-US chemical trade / Heavy interdependence with ethane, propane / Price advantage of Chinese products at risk	17.04.2025
TRADE IMPACT EUROPE How strongly do European plastics processors estimate the impact of US tariffs? / Results from industry association survey	17.04.2025
US-INDIA TRADE India set to continue bilateral trade agreement talks / Tariffs could impact only 0.1% of Indian GDP – experts / Pharma, textile industries to be hardest hit	16.04.2025
LOGISTICS Trump sends shockwaves through world trade / Rhine River drying up endangers inland shipping	11.04.2025
TRADE WAR EU plans to impose punitive tariffs on PE, PA imports from US	09.04.2025
GLOBAL TRADE Bankruptcies set to rise in next two years / Western Europe to see most job losses / Europe eyes unified insolvency laws	09.04.2025
POLYMER PRICES North America March: Prices trend mostly sideways / Weak basis, falling feedstock prices and “enormous uncertainty due to tariffs” / Further reductions likely in April	08.04.2025
TRADE WAR How strongly do European plastics processors estimate the impact of US tariffs? / Industry associations launch survey	07.04.2025
TRADE WAR Stock markets plunge as US slaps minimum 10% worldwide tariff on all goods / EU firms to pay 20% / US plastics group warns of damage	04.04.2025
LOGISTICS How will punitive tariffs from US shake up goods trade? / Freight rates continue to fall	04.04.2025
TRADE WAR Trump slaps tariffs on US imports of cars, parts / Collection to start in early April / Europeans cry foul	28.03.2025
LOGISTICS US industry criticises planned penalties on Chinese ships	28.03.2025
POLAND Economic crisis takes toll on plastics recycling / Recyclate prices absurdly low / Industry braced for uncertainty	26.03.2025
ARBURG Sales slump 25% / Workforce to be downsized due to weak order intake / Search for site in North America	24.03.2025
LOGISTICS Trump's attacks on Houthis could cause freight rates to skyrocket / Price of polymer imports to Europe expected to increase	21.03.2025
USA Trump upsets regulation cart / EPA to be eviscerated / Zeldin declares Green New Deal dead / Changes in store for VC classification?	21.03.2025