# Business Stability Is Elusive Despite Trade Pacts - The Waterways Journal

> A Waterways Journal commentary says barge operators face uncertainty from weather and US-China trade policy. It reports that parts of the Mississippi are at or near flood stage and that upper Midwest soils are saturated after last year's rains. Forecasts call for above-normal rainfall, with snowpack still a key variable.

- Date: 2020-01-24 · published 2020-01-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55271-business-stability-is-elusive-despite-trade-pacts-the-waterways-journal
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Expected wet conditions and high river levels could disrupt barge logistics and raise transport costs for Midwest grain, but the piece is general commentary rather than a new event.

## Sources

- waterwaysjournal.net: https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2020/01/24/business-stability-is-elusive-despite-trade-pacts/

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