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Across Europe last week temperatures skyrocketed to intense proportions, creating record-breaking heat extremes throughout the continent. While temperatures began to ease on Sunday, meteorologists say that the hot weather is expected to linger throughout the summer. In fact, the past seventeen years have brought about Europe’s hottest summers in recent history.

Ports in Chile, specifically San Antonio and San Vicente, have been negatively impacted by the inclement weather conditions that have plagued the country the last few weeks.

US business entities are relieved that Trump pulled the threat of added tariffs on Mexican goods over the weekend.

There is no word yet on the outcome of the trade talks but there is a lot of noise on Capitol Hill around the tariff issue.  American Shipper published an article today quoting House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rich

Recent months have brought about major thunderstorms and flooding across the United States Midwest. Farmers have lost fields of crops and rivers have swelled to well beyond normal levels.