US Tariff Whiplash Hits Importers as Maersk Warns of Overpayments
Maersk estimates that U.S. businesses are currently paying an average 21 percent tariff relative to container load on all imports, marking a reprieve from the 54 percent average in mid-April after President Donald Trump escalated tariffs on Chinese goods to 145 percent. According to Maersk’s container-weighted effective average tariff rate metric, the current import taxes…
