2019 Review: 12 Events That Shaped Global Supply Chains December 30, 2019 The past year saw a wide-range of policy, logistics and industrial events that brought upheaval to global supply chains. This report looks at 12 events that shaped the year based the most read amongst more than 1,300 research reports from the year. The year started with congestion at many U.S.... Read more →
Yazaki, Epson Help Philippines Avoid Asia’s Fate, For Now December 11, 2019 Export growth from the Philippines was an anemic 0.1% year over year in October. It was kept out of negative territory by a 7.9% surge in exports to the U.S. The longer-term growth in U.S.-bound exports has been in part due to the relocation of manufacturers from elsewhere in Asia. The expansi... Read more →
Fake Trade Wars – June 2019 in 10 Reports July 2, 2019 The build-up to two major tariff events from the Trump administration formed the hub of our readers’ interest in June. President Donald Trump’s threat to apply 25% duties on exports from Mexico if the latter’s government didn’t help cut migration brought turmoil to a wide-range of industrial s... Read more →