Finbarr Bermingham(@fbermingham):Striking physical manifestation of EU-China (+global) trade imbalances: containers go west full of Chinese exports, returning east empty as not enough cargo to fill them "The disbalance in East-West trade grows even larger, leading to much more empty containers on the backhaul"

Finbarr Bermingham

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Finbarr Bermingham@fbermingham

2026.08.18 09:11

Striking physical manifestation of EU-China (+global) trade imbalances: containers go west full of Chinese exports, returning east empty as not enough cargo to fill them "The disbalance in East-West trade grows even larger, leading to much more empty containers on the backhaul"