A new risk to global supply chains is emerging as exhausted seafarers stuck offshore for months halt work, a breaking point caused by restrictions on crew changes amid coronavirus precautions.
These are the necessary steps toward developing a research-and-development partnership among the private sector, government and academia to wrest control of the REE supply chain from China.
The huge explosion in Lebanon’s capital of Beirut tore through major grain silos, stoking fears of shortages in a nation that imports nearly all its food and is already reeling from economic crisis.
Right about this time in any “normal” year, ocean carriers and truckers would be entering their annual peak season for freight volumes, in expectation of that ever-reliable holiday shopping bonanza.
Jim Swartz, partner with the law firm of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, discusses the findings of new research into emerging trends in COVID-19-related employment litigation.
As manufacturers and suppliers face the challenges of combating the pandemic and keeping employees safe, they’ll need to adopt a multilayered approach.
Efforts are underway in the U.S. to break China’s monopoly on the mining and processing of rare earth minerals, which are found in many high-tech products for consumer, industrial and military use. But it’s going to be a long haul to achieve that goal.