<p>The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Trade Organization expect the world’s seaborne trade to remain at around 2 percent annual growth rate for the near future. This low growth, or better defined as stagnation, will likely include the US, traditionally a faster grower, following the push by the new Trump administration for repatriation of production and, especially, restrictions on free trade.&nbsp;</p>

Asaf Ashar, Independent Consultant, National Ports & Waterways Initiative; Professor-Research, Emeritus, University of New Orleans

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