Retailers, manufacturers race to bring imports into U.S. after Trump's election win, new trade war vow

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : "Shipping is a global industry feeding on international trade, so another Trump presidency is a step in the wrong direction," said Sand.
60% : "Lighthizer, under Trump brought to life a policy which negotiated from strength and focused on bilateral agreements.
55% : "Steven Lamar, CEO of the American Apparel and Footwear Association, said he expects Trump to announce new tariffs "in the first few days of his presidency.
51% : "This is 2018 all over again," said Paul Brashier, vice president of global supply chain for ITS Logistics, referring to the year during which Trump first imposed sweeping tariffs in his first term.
48% : Trump has vowed across-the-board tariffs of 10% to 20% on all imports arriving into the United States and a 60%-100% tariff on Chinese imports.
36% : Trump has vowed to move fast on tariffs, with Robert Lighthizer, former U.S. Trade Representative during the first Trump term, telling Wall Street money managers in recent weeks that if Trump was reelected, he could start implementing his sweeping tariff proposals quickly after taking office, according to policy analysts at Piper Sandler.
31% : "The knee-jerk reaction from U.S. shippers will be to frontload imports before Trump is able to impose his new tariffs.
27% : "Trump has mentioned anything between 100-500% and it is therefore completely unknown what will actually transpire.
18% : Matthew Rubel, who served on the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy Negotiation for the White House and USTR for both Presidents Obama and Trump, tells CNBC he does not see a global tariff as an outcome.

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