Chinese Ports See Record Traffic Ahead of US Tariffs and Holiday

  • Shanghai port processed 5 million containers in January
  • China has hit back with its own tariffs from this Monday

Container ships docked at the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai.

Source: Bloomberg

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China’s busiest port processed a record amount of goods in January, as companies rushed to get their products onto ships before US tariffs kicked in and ahead of a long local holiday.