by Michael Fisher | Feb 4, 2025 | Manufacturing, News & Announcements, State of Freight
So the speculation is over. And as much as I’d like to make this an opinion piece (and mine are quite strong on this topic), I’m going to stick to the facts. On February 1, 2025, the Trump Administration issued three executive orders directing the...
by Arianne Hutchins | Dec 16, 2024 | News & Announcements, State of Freight
In this special edition of the State of Freight, GPI would like to let you know what we’re experiencing as we book shipments to sail before the end of the year and Chinese New Year. Let’s dig in. Anticipated Tariffs in January President-elect Trump has announced his...
by Michael Fisher | Dec 4, 2024 | Manufacturing, News & Announcements, State of Freight
What a Tariff Is and Isn’t In practical application, a tariff is a tax. There’s no other way to look at it. It is a charge that is levied by the United States Customs and Border Protection Agency and is calculated as a percentage of the value of goods being imported...
by GPI Staff | Nov 15, 2023 | News & Announcements
Did you know that Nokia was a paper manufacturer, Avon sold books door-to-door, and PAX started as an esoteric webcomic called Penny Arcade? Nokia and Avon have both receded from their height of cultural relevance, but PAX is more influential than ever as the host of...
by Michael Fisher | Sep 20, 2023 | News & Announcements
Image attributed to Toy Tales. It was 45 years ago, and yes- I was there. Good Lord, I’m turning into an old-timer. At any rate, I was about 16, still in high school and not quite sure what I wanted to study in college. My father thought it would be a good idea to...
by Michael Fisher | May 16, 2023 | News & Announcements
I am just recently back from 10 days on the ground throughout Hong Kong and Mainland China, and it was great to be visiting our factory partners after the years-long Covid travel shutdown. The border into China is wide open, albeit with a few new procedures to follow....