Today in Global Small Business: America's Busiest Gateway For Imports Sets a New Record

©iStock/MattGush

What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

• America’s busiest gateway for imports from China set a new record in July, handling the equivalent of more than 1 million import containers for the first time.
• 6 takeaways from Trump's meeting with Putin.
• Trump shifts ceasefire stance and urges Ukraine to agree Russia peace deal.
• Quote of the week:  "It could be said that all armed conflicts are a ludicrous and shameful waste of lives, but World War I has a special place in the history of futility - a war without clear purpose, a war whose resolution would ultimately make the world a far worse place." – Scott Spencer
• Trump, Zelenskyy to meet at White House after Alaska summit with Putin fell short.
• In Alaska, Trump gives Putin more time to grind down Ukraine.

from The Global Small Business Blog https://ift.tt/Qi5fMyx