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The tactic, which can be legally gray, involves shipping goods through a country with lower tariffs.

As the holiday shopping season kicks into high gear, logistics strategist Weston Labar explains how a wild year in tariff policy has impacted companies servicing U.S. ports.

It could be a sign that importers already have the goods they need. It could also be a sign that the economy will dip into a “freight recession.”

“In the last six months, the tariff rate on products like we make in Cambodia coming into the U.S. has gone from 0% to 49% to 10% to 36% to 19%,” said Ben Knepler of True Places.

“Some of the products we move that go into making plastic materials or paint, those businesses are really off right now,” said Austin Golding.

The facility will produce dysprosium and terbium oxides, used in EVs and other electronics.

After nearly 200 years, Baker & Taylor, a major distributor of shelf-ready library books, will be closing in early January.

Business owners are holding off on transporting goods around and loading up on additional inventory.

Companies that make the high-capacity batteries that usually end up in EVs are now shifting focus to supplying data centers and storage for energy producers.

Walmart says 90% of products from in-store brands are already free of these additives. But even a 10% change for a retailer as massive as Walmart can have a big effect on the industry