The backlog of anchored vessels has decreased from 155 to roughly a dozen while 92% of goods in grocery and drug stores are in stock, exceeding pre-pandemic levels.
Chinese diplomats recently met with their European counterparts in Brussels and Beijing as part of a campaign to reportedly persuade officials to drop the Russian-based blacklist.
Shipments of plug-in passenger vehicles surged to around 27 million units in 2023 as sales jumped in China and the U.S., offsetting slower growth in Europe.
About 88% of U.S.-based small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) will reorganize their supply chains to leverage suppliers in the U.S. or Mexico in 2023.
BloombergNEF expects sodium to take market share from the cheapest, lowest-range end of the Chinese car market, potentially displacing 272,000 tons of demand for lithium by 2035.
Forty-six percent of those interviewed said they viewed China as an “ally or necessary partner” compared to just 35% who saw Beijing as a “rival or adversary.”
U.S. and U.K. cybersecurity officials said that a Russian cyber-extortion group had hacked a file-transfer program known as MOVEit, which is used to securely share files.
Some of the issues covered in the proposed policy plan include supply chain resiliency, sustainability initiatives, labor market reforms and improved childcare support.
