It’s no coincidence that several expanding markets for U.S. soybeans are taking advantage of beans shipped in containers, rather than bulk.

The U.S. auto industry is escalating a lobbying push to keep President Trump from imposing steep new tariffs on imported cars and parts that executives warn could cripple a sector already facing a slowdown.

For more than two years, the clock ran down toward March 29, the day Prime Minister May pledged Britain would leave the European Union. As the drama rolls on, the costs mount from the Brexit day that wasn’t.

Ahead of the original March 29 deadline for Britain to leave the European Union, companies began to fear that if governments couldn’t agree an exit deal, border crossings between the U.K. and Europe would be significantly disrupted.

Mexico’s bonanza underscores the difficulty in trying to win a trade war where companies can shift production or find new sources to avoid tariffs.

Britain’s no-deal flotilla is getting ready to set sail, shuttling trucks carrying critical goods into the country starting Friday.

The international shipping industry is wrestling with a spate of fires aboard vessels at sea in recent months that have cost companies and their customers hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.

What started as an American phenomenon is now being felt around the world as U.S. oil exports surge to levels unthinkable only a few years ago.

It’s been a little over a year since President Trump slapped tariffs on solar equipment imports in the name of American jobs and manufacturing.