Port Houston has so far proven resilient to the widening trade war being waged by the Trump administration, but that could change. Total handling climbed 42% in tonnage terms on a year earlier, including a 50% surge in steel. However growth is flattered by the disruptions from Hurricane Harvey last year. Furthermore steel imports, now subject to 25% duties, only grew by 2% in the past three months sequentially. Inbound container handling in August was unchanged vs. July suggesting a degree of early importing ahead of section 301 duties. Those will expand six-fold by the end of Septemb...