After some promising signs of supply chain stabilization toward the beginning of the year, suppliers and distributors across the globe are suddenly finding increased exposure to the risk of insolvency.

President Joe Biden’s attempt to defuse a complicated trade dispute that’s paralyzed the U.S. solar industry is drawing swift criticism from some of the very companies the White House had been seeking to appease.

Optimism is growing that port delays and a trucking shortage in Shanghai are quickly abating, providing some relief to supply chains, though major hurdles remain.

Pandemic and war have upended American supply chains. The next shock may come from the U.S. campaign against human-rights abuses in China.

For every sign that a cooling economy will give supply chains room to rebalance, there’s a reason for skepticism.

Over the next 12-18 months, companies will be witnessing an avalanche in slow motion. 

European leaders are desperately trying to figure out how to get grain out of Ukraine, whose exports are normally bigger than the entire European Union’s.

We need to take steps to reshore entire industries, and we need to act now. Fashion should be at the top of the list.