One witness said there was a disconnect between Boeing management's words about safety and what workers observe on the factory floor.

As the backbone of global trade and commerce, transportation and logistics companies are under increasing pressure to enhance efficiency, reduce costs and meet sustainability goals.

Boeing vice president Lisa Fahl says that the number of workers using the company's service to report safety concerns has risen by 500%.

The union message underscores the heightened scrutiny on airline safety following a January incident in which a panel blew off the side of an Alaska Airlines plane mid-flight.

FBI agents early April 15 boarded the Singapore-flagged container ship, which remains disabled on the Patapsco River. 

Doubts about China as the ideal place to manufacture cheap consumer goods for the West have been voiced for years.

In February, the White House said it was opening an investigation into whether Chinese cars pose a national security risk.

Beijing is accelerating a campaign to eradicate American technology, in part to circumvent a growing thicket of U.S, sanctions.

The “next generation” of packaging must meet strict standards of recyclability, reusability, compostability, biodegradability and traceability.

Companies acting alone in responding to food recalls, rather than collaborating with supply chain partners, are only prolonging the exposure of compromised products in the marketplace.