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Trade War Costs Global Supply Chains 3-5 Years of Growth, UN Says

June 17, 2021

Trade shocks fueled by unilateral tariffs between the U.S. and China have undone three to five years worth of growth among global value chains in affected countries, according to a UN policy brief.

European Companies Plan to Invest More in China After the Pandemic

June 17, 2021

Bloomberg

Nearly 60% of European companies plan to expand their China operations in 2021, up from 51% last year, according to an annual survey.

Wednesday July 28th, 2021

One plan, no Excel, real-time decisions with HP Inc.

June 15, 2021

Anaplan

Disruption has pushed many companies in the direction of using one plan — join our webinar to learn about the HP Inc. digital transformation success story.

How Trump’s Trade War Built Shein, China’s First Global Fashion Giant

June 15, 2021

Bloomberg

Shein is upending a $36 billion industry by using a seemingly ingenious combination of supply-chain savvy, data-driven clothing design and tax loopholes that came to the fore during the U.S. and in China trade war.

Biden Needs More Than $52 Billion to Counter China in Chips

June 10, 2021

Bloomberg

President Biden’s blueprint for the U.S. semiconductor industry marks an ambitious effort to set industrial policy for a critical sector of the economy, but the strategy will need more money and global support to take back chip supremacy and preempt a rival effort from China.

China’s Supply Chain Frontliners Bear Brunt of Surging Costs

June 7, 2021

Bloomberg

China’s factories, power plants and farms are fielding the worst effects of a surge in commodity costs that’s yet to hurt the wallets of the nation’s citizens.

U.S. Blocks Uniqlo Shirts on Xinjiang Forced-Labor Concerns

May 20, 2021

Bloomberg

The blockage of Uniqlo’s cotton men’s shirts, which happened at the Port of Los Angeles, was revealed in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection document.

China, Southeast Asia Bounce Back From the Pandemic

May 5, 2021

Sébastien Breteau, SCB Contributor

Even though China has fared better in its economic recovery than originally anticipated, the pandemic boosted the long-term trend of businesses diversifying and engaging suppliers in China’s regional competition.

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Watch: What to Do About the Global Container Shortage

April 21, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Rob Handfield, Bank of America Professor of Supply Chain Management with the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative in the Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University, discusses the reasons behind the current worldwide shortage of ocean containers, and what carriers and manufacturers must do to solve it.

Oakland Tops L.A. Area as Ships Inundate World’s Ports

April 19, 2021

Bloomberg

It’s hard to predict when normality will return.

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The latest supply chain news, analysis, trends and best practices for companies operating in China. Learn how businesses are optimizing supply chain and logistics performance across China’s 22 provinces, five autonomous regions and four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing) - addressing a range of challenges such as rising labor costs, poor infrastructure, complex customs and trade laws, unstable political climates and government controlled exchange rates.