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Commerce tensions will intensify following the US elections amid rising divergence between export flows from China and the US and Europe, in accordance with the chief government of container transport group AP Møller-Maersk.

Vincent Clerc informed the Monetary Instances that the world’s second-largest container transport group had been boosted by robust export progress from China and south-east Asia, resulting in the corporate elevating full-year monetary steerage for the fourth time this yr. However, he mentioned, exports from Europe and North America did “not show the same strength”.

He added: “We’ve seen for a few years an increase in trade tensions, and the root cause is these growing gaps in trade. Our expectation is that we will see more action on trade, and it is something we need to be prepared for.”

Maersk is seen as a bellwether for international commerce, transporting one in 5 containers on the ocean from factories in China to shoppers in Europe and the US.

It has benefited this yr after freight charges soared from assaults by Houthi rebels in opposition to ships travelling by the Crimson Sea, inflicting most container vessels to take a far longer route under South Africa.

However buyers are frightened in regards to the prospect of a full-blown US-China commerce struggle, particularly if Donald Trump wins subsequent week’s presidential election. Clerc informed the FT in August that some retailers have been bringing ahead their orders as a result of the potential for rising commerce tensions.

Maersk’s working revenue elevated greater than six-fold within the third quarter from a subdued 2023, hitting $3.3bn. It now expects to make an working revenue this yr of $5.2bn to $5.7bn, up from its preliminary forecast in February of a lack of as much as $5bn. Many of the rise in container demand this yr was as a result of elevated exports from China and south-east Asia, it added.

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Maersk chief predicts intensifying commerce tensions after US elections

Clerc mentioned Maersk was intently watching the commerce “imbalance” between China and the west and spending “a lot of money” shifting containers to the place they have been most wanted. “You can wonder how sustainable a growing gap between imports and exports is,” he added.

However he pressured that on the enterprise degree, Maersk was extra depending on client sentiment, which was a lot stronger within the US than in Europe.

Requested in regards to the prospects of elevated commerce tariffs if Trump gained, Clerc responded: “What decides how many container move is not tariffs, but how much consumers are spending.”

He added that there can be “different ways of trade adapting to new circumstances” similar to shifting manufacturing to different international locations or renewed inflation. “The strength of the US economy is there, and shows no sign of weakening,” he mentioned.

Container transport boomed after the primary section of the Covid-19 pandemic however suffered a pointy downturn final yr. Maersk initially thought that will proceed into this yr as a lot of new vessels ordered through the bull market have been delivered.

However Clerc mentioned Maersk had been shocked by the “strong market demand” and the “high amount of black swan events” such because the Crimson Sea assaults and the pandemic.

Revenues within the third quarter rose 30 per cent to $15.8bn whereas web revenue greater than quintupled to $3.1bn.

Shares in Maersk have been up 1.5 per cent to DKr10,160 in late-morning buying and selling on Thursday, however are lower than half of their 2022 peak degree.

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