--- title: NEWSLETTER | World Trade Center Miami | May 2020 Newsletter description: May 2020 Newsletter | World Trade Center Miami, the platform for international business in Miami, creates a monthly newsletter about global trade and logistics from Miami. --- [![World Trade Center Miami facilitates two-trade in Miami and the Americas.](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/hubfs/WTCM%20-%20black%20logo-2.svg "World Trade Center Miami facilitates two-trade in Miami and the Americas.")](https://www.wtcmiami.org) # International Trade | Newsletter | WTCM [![](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/hubfs/Newsletter/Roberto%20Munoz%20Headshot.png) ](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/message-from-our-chairman-1) ## [Message from Our Chairman (May 2020)](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/message-from-our-chairman-1) ** May 26, 2020 7:17:17 AM / by [Roberto Munoz](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/author/roberto-munoz) posted in [Chairman's Message](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/chairmans-message), [May 2020 Newsletter](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/may-2020-newsletter) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/message-from-our-chairman-1#comments-listing) The World Trade Center Miami hosts and organizes Miami World Trade Month annually in May in recognition of the impact international trade on job creation and economic growth in Miami-Dade.  We know that many of you have been impacted by COVID-19, some of you are still moving millions of dollars in cargo through our ports and into our community, bringing needed essential equipment and supplies.  Thank you for all that you do and for being an important part of Miami’s trade community. [Read More **](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/message-from-our-chairman-1) [![](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/hubfs/Foriegn%20Policy%20the%20great%20decoupling.jpg) ](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/the-great-decoupling) ## [The Great Decoupling](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/the-great-decoupling) ** May 21, 2020 2:40:46 PM / by [Financial Times](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/author/financial-times) posted in [Industry News](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/industry-news), [May 2020 Newsletter](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/may-2020-newsletter) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/the-great-decoupling#comments-listing) The U.S. ambassador on the spot in an Asian economic powerhouse put it bluntly in a cable to the secretary of state in Washington: Don’t cut them off. Give them some “economic elbow-room,” or they’ll be forced to carve out an economic empire of their own by force. But Washington was in the grip of economic nationalists battling a historic economic downturn. The White House, consequently, was deaf to the Ambassador Joseph Grew’s [pleas](https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1935v03/d202) from Tokyo in 1935. [Read More **](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/the-great-decoupling) [![](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/hubfs/Sky%20News%20Maesrk.jpg) ](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/coronavirus-what-maersk-can-tell-us-about-impact-on-global-trade) ## [Coronavirus: What Maersk can tell us about impact on global trade](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/coronavirus-what-maersk-can-tell-us-about-impact-on-global-trade) ** May 21, 2020 2:36:54 PM / by [Sky News](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/author/sky-news) posted in [Industry News](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/industry-news), [May 2020 Newsletter](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/may-2020-newsletter) [** 1 Comment](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/coronavirus-what-maersk-can-tell-us-about-impact-on-global-trade#comments-listing) The slowdowns in GDP reported in the UK, the US and the eurozone in recent days give an idea of the economic impact COVID-19 is having. [Read More **](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/coronavirus-what-maersk-can-tell-us-about-impact-on-global-trade) [![](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/hubfs/Yahoo%20News%20Global%20bellweather.jpg) ](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/global-trade-bellwether-sends-ominous-sign-about-demand) ## [Global Trade Bellwether Sends Ominous Sign About Demand](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/global-trade-bellwether-sends-ominous-sign-about-demand) ** May 21, 2020 2:31:55 PM / by [Bloomberg](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/author/bloomberg) posted in [Industry News](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/industry-news), [May 2020 Newsletter](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/may-2020-newsletter) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/global-trade-bellwether-sends-ominous-sign-about-demand#comments-listing) For anyone hoping global tech might be the one industry to dodge the economic fallout of the coronavirus, falling shipments from the world’s biggest chip exporter offers little comfort. [Read More **](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/global-trade-bellwether-sends-ominous-sign-about-demand) [![](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/hubfs/Guardian%20photo.jpg) ](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/global-trade-to-fall-by-record-27-due-to-covid-19-says-un) ## [Global trade to fall by record 27% due to Covid-19, says UN](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/global-trade-to-fall-by-record-27-due-to-covid-19-says-un) ** May 21, 2020 2:24:22 PM / by [The Guardian](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/author/the-guardian) posted in [Industry News](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/industry-news), [May 2020 Newsletter](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/may-2020-newsletter) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/global-trade-to-fall-by-record-27-due-to-covid-19-says-un#comments-listing) Global trade is forecast to fall by a record 27% in the second quarter of the year after a slump in the export of cars, machine parts and oil. [Read More **](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/global-trade-to-fall-by-record-27-due-to-covid-19-says-un) [![](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/hubfs/Logistics%20Management%20Article-1.jpg) ](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/dhl-survey-addresses-covid-19-impact-on-international-trade) ## [DHL Survey addresses COVID-19 impact on international trade](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/dhl-survey-addresses-covid-19-impact-on-international-trade) ** May 21, 2020 1:09:10 PM / by [Logistics Management](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/author/logistics-management) posted in [Industry News](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/industry-news), [May 2020 Newsletter](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/may-2020-newsletter) [** 1 Comment](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/dhl-survey-addresses-covid-19-impact-on-international-trade#comments-listing) By Patrick Burnson, Executive Editor · May 11, 2020 [Read More **](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/dhl-survey-addresses-covid-19-impact-on-international-trade) [![](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/hubfs/Alice%20Ancona.png) ](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/global-trade-it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-worst-of-times) ## [Global Trade: It was the best of times…it was the worst of times.](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/global-trade-it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-worst-of-times) ** May 20, 2020 4:54:08 PM / by [Alice Ancona](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/author/alice-ancona) posted in [Trade Spotlight](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/trade-spotlight), [May 2020 Newsletter](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/may-2020-newsletter) [** 1 Comment](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/global-trade-it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-worst-of-times#comments-listing) *“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity…”   * [Read More **](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/global-trade-it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-worst-of-times) [![](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/hubfs/Olga%20Ramudo.jpg) ](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/travel-during-and-post-covid-when-and-how) ## [Travel during and post COVID -  When and How?](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/travel-during-and-post-covid-when-and-how) ** May 19, 2020 5:19:42 PM / by [Olga Ramudo](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/author/olga-ramudo) posted in [Trade Spotlight](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/trade-spotlight), [May 2020 Newsletter](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/may-2020-newsletter) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/travel-during-and-post-covid-when-and-how#comments-listing) As the world gets ready for some type of reopening and what will be the new “normal”, travel and tourism is on top of everyone’s mind.  [Read More **](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/travel-during-and-post-covid-when-and-how) [![](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/hubfs/Ivan%20Barrios.png) ](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/foodsupplychaincontinuestoadapt) ## [Food supply chain continues to adapt](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/foodsupplychaincontinuestoadapt) ** May 19, 2020 5:17:51 PM / by [Ivan Barrios](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/author/ivan-barrios) posted in [Trade Spotlight](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/trade-spotlight), [President's Message](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/presidents-message), [May 2020 Newsletter](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/may-2020-newsletter) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/foodsupplychaincontinuestoadapt#comments-listing) COVID-19 has put the global food supply chain to the test.  While there have been challenges, the sector has and continues to adapt and deliver food supplies to our homes, local supermarkets and around the world.  [Read More **](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/foodsupplychaincontinuestoadapt) [![](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/hubfs/Beth%20Sobol.jpg) ](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/new-beginning-for-the-fashion-and-retail-industries) ## [New beginning for the fashion and retail industries](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/new-beginning-for-the-fashion-and-retail-industries) ** May 19, 2020 5:14:30 PM / by [Beth Sobol](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/author/beth-sobol) posted in [Trade Spotlight](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/trade-spotlight), [Opinion](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/opinion), [May 2020 Newsletter](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/topic/may-2020-newsletter) [** 1 Comment](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/new-beginning-for-the-fashion-and-retail-industries#comments-listing) As the coronavirus changes the face of our planet and how our fashion community operates, the **Fashion Business Association of America** is working with our global leaders in supporting a new beginning for the fashion and retail industries around the world. 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