Author: Procurement-Newz
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Afternoon Coffee: China suspends penalties on U.S. goods; LawGeex secures $20M funding round; Catch up with the Future 5 vendors on ’50 to Watch’ list
[ad_1] China has suspended punitive tariffs on 79 types of U.S. imports, the Associated Press reports. China’s Ministry of Finance said that tariff increases on these goods would be suspended for one year, beginning May 19. The types of imports included in this announcement include radar equipment, disinfectant and rare earth minerals. Disruptions from the…
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Amazon lifts quantity limits on seller shipments to its warehouses
[ad_1] Amazon just removed quantity limits on the number of products sellers can ship to its warehouses. The change comes a month after announcing Amazon would resume accepting non-essential items. Amazon had suspended shipments of all non-essential items to its warehouses in March, in order to focus on more vital products, like medical supplies and…
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Unprecedented cruise ship cancellations affect seasonal, year round businesses | KHNS Radio
[ad_1] The loss of roughly 80 percent of Alaska’s cruise tourism will have an outsize impact in Skagway and Haines, whose seasonal businesses will be operating at a small fraction of capacity, if at all. “It’s a significant blow. To be honest, it wasn’t necessarily a shock as much as it was a disappointment,” said…