China's export container freight index for shipments for US east and west coast routes stabilised and rebounded at the start of November With Donald Trump's election victory sparking expectations of steep tariffs,

Trump promised to apply the powers of the Oval Office to start a trade war with China, the target of his ire was widely viewed as a juggernaut. China was the indispensable factory floor to the world and a swiftly developing market for goods and services.