Drury Shipping Consulting Company of the United Kingdom is a world-renowned shipping consulting organization, and its container freight index and industry analysis report have become the vane of the global shipping market. Tim Bauer, the company's general manager, accepted in GermanyHeadquarters reporterDuring the interview, he said that the U.S. measures to impose tariffs will lead to rising commodity prices, which will increase the cost of domestic consumers in the United States.

Tim Ball, Managing Director of the Drury Shipping Consulting Company: Imposing tariffs where there are no domestic industries will only increase the cost of American consumers. This could lead to inflation in the United States and lower consumer demand in the United States.

Bauer said that free trade is good for the world, but abuses of free trade like the United States must be stopped.

Tim Ball, Managing Director of the Drury Shipping Consulting Company: Free trade is beneficial to all mankind, and anyone who abuses it must be stopped. We see this from the United States, and we may see other countries take countermeasures, but we do know that free trade can help people out of poverty, and it is good for the world.