Philip M. Coughlin

Philip M. Coughlin
Phil Coughlin has served over thirty years in the logistics industry. Phil joined Expeditors in 1985 for the opportunity to grow a strong logistics business with close friends and business partners. As the President of Global Geographies and Operations, Phil is responsible driving uniformity and consistency across Expeditors’ global operations. He is also tasked with strategic alignment of each geographic region. In addition to the vast amount of logistical expertise that Phil has gained over the last thiry years, he also earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Illinois and a Juris Doctor from The John Marshall Law School. Phil is based at Expeditors corporate headquaters in Seattle. He enjoys reading and is activley involved in various sports with his children.

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Trade & President-elect Trump

There seems to be a lot of chicken littles out there shouting that Trade is “falling”.

There seems to be a lot of chicken littles out there shouting that Trade is “falling”. The hyperbole and rhetoric during the campaign likely awoke and frightened the trade chicken littles.

Global Trade and the underlying “deals” are not single looped knots in a child’s shoe, which can be undone with a single pull of a loose end. They are more akin to a Gordian knot which are difficult to undo and when trying to unravel often lead to unintended consequences.

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