Global Trade & Economics

Biden’s Supply Chain Plan Aims to Boost Medicine, Chip Output

June 9, 2021

President Biden released a multi-pronged strategy to secure critical supply chains in products ranging from medicines to microchips, and is also weighing a potential trade probe that could result in U.S. tariffs on certain magnet imports.

U.S. and EU to End for Good Trump’s $18 Billion Tariff Fight

June 9, 2021

Bloomberg

EU leaders and President Biden will commit to ending outstanding trade battles when they meet next week and promise to remove tariffs related to a steel and aluminum conflict before the end of the year.

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Watch: Can We Keep Fragile Supply Chains From Shattering?

June 3, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

John Scannapieco, shareholder and chair of the Global Business Team with the law firm of Baker Donelson, details the frustrations that shippers and freight forwarders are experiencing as they struggle to get products to market.

TSMC Construction of Arizona Chip Plant Is ‘Well Underway’

June 3, 2021

Bloomberg

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said it’s moving forward with plans to build a $12 billion chip plant in Phoenix, a step toward addressing U.S. concerns over reliability and security in the tech supply chain.

Extending ESG Best Practices Into the Supply Chain: A Review of Leading Organization Approaches

June 1, 2021

Avetta

Supply chain stakeholders are becoming increasingly invested in environmental, social and corporate governance strategies.

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Watch: The State of the EU and Global Trade Policy

May 26, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

David O’Sullivan, Senior Counselor with Steptoe & Johnson LLP, outlines some of the major policy actions and concerns issuing from the European Union today.

World’s Supply of Chips Is in Danger Unless Taiwan Gets Vaccines

May 24, 2021

Bloomberg

Having successfully sidestepped the first Covid wave, the government now faces a health emergency — only about 1% of its population is vaccinated so far — with the potential to disrupt the chip industry that dominates the local economy, and which is critical to an already-squeezed global supply.

Could Houston and Savannah Help Alleviate West Coast Ports? Yes and No

May 23, 2021

Mike Klage, SCB Contributor

Are these two ports the balm for what ails the largest trade lane in the U.S.?

Apple’s Supply Chain Woes Linger Even as China Recovers

Biden Team Seeks Chip Information Sharing to Ease Supply Crunch

May 20, 2021

Bloomberg

The Biden administration is exploring how to help semiconductor producers and buyers share supply chain information to alleviate the global chip supply crisis.

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Watch: The Private Sector’s Role in Biden’s Infrastructure Plan

May 20, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Liz Dubeck, project finance and development partner with the law firm of O’Melveny & Myers LLP, outlines the prospects for private-sector participation in infrastructure development called for in President Biden’s ambitious initiative.