General SCM > Global Trade & Economics | SupplyChainBrain

Global Trade & Economics: Page 147

U.S. EV Market Feels the Pain of Tensions with China

The U.S. must figure out how it will develop a domestic mining network that can supply car manufacturers with the materials they need to make vehicles and batteries.

Photo: iStock.com/PhonlamaiPhoto

Red Sea Diversions Spew Carbon Emissions Equal to 9 Million Cars

While significant, the extra emissions are a fraction of what the shipping industry spews into the atmosphere each year.

A tugboat guides the MSC Luciana container ship, left, as it approaches the Port of Felixstowe, owned by a unit of CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd., in Felixstowe, UK, on Monday, March 4, 2024. By attacking ships plying the Red Sea, Iran-backed Houthi rebels have caused the biggest disruption to global trade since the Covid-19 pandemic and provoked a military response, including US and UK airstrikes on Yemen. Photo: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

U.S. Companies Call for Crackdown on Chinese Solar Imports

U.S. manufacturers are calling for tariffs ranging between 70% and 271% on solar panels coming from four Southeast Asian countries.

Photo: fanjianhua, iStock

U.S. Demand for Shein, Temu Prompts Rise in Air Cargo Rates

The market in air cargo from China to the U.S. is already under strain because of limited flights.

Photo: iStock.com/Robert Way

European Parliament Approves Human Rights 'Due Diligence' Directive

The law requires select EU companies to mitigate against business practices like forced labor, pollution, and various other human rights abuses.

Photo: iStock.com/AlxeyPnferov

China Wants Everyone to Trade In Their Old Cars, Fridges to Help Save Its Economy

Four months after President Xi Jinping flagged a proposal to help households and businesses upgrade old machinery, details are still trickling out.

Photo: Grindi, iStock

Transports Index Tumbles, Signaling Risks for U.S. Stock Market

JB Hunt fired the first warning shots during its quarterly results, saying demand was weak, sending shares of the whole group lower. Then Knight-Swift followed.

Photo: iStock / ake1150sb

U.K. Brexit Import Checks Delayed, Causing Confusion

Under the rules, medium- and high-risk products, which include meat and dairy products, as well as most plants, could be subject to checks at the borders for biosecurity.

Photo: iStock.com/Tanaonte

China Vows to Act After U.S. Calls for Tariffs on Steel Products

Beijing earlier blasted a U.S. plan to launch a formal review of its maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sector, calling the investigation a mistake “based on the need of domestic politics.”

Photo: iStock.com/Denisfilm

Geely to Sell $1.32 Billion of Volvo Truck Shares

Geely said the divestment is “in accordance with its long-term strategy” and that it will remain Volvo’s second-largest investor.

Photo: Bloomberg

Biden Calls for Tripling of Tariffs on Chinese Steel and Aluminum

Biden criticized what he labeled "unfair Chinese trade practices," where below-market cost steel has flooded into the global shipbuilding market.

Photo: onlyyouqj, iStock

COVID Pandemic Wiped 24.6M TEUs Off Container Market Growth

Without the pandemic, the global container market would have been 198.1 million TEUs in 2023. Instead, it was only 171.0 million TEUs, BIMCO said.

Photo: iStock.com/huettenhoelscher

Page 147 of 300

Featured Product

Photo: iStock/Anastasiia Yanishevska

How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

Mobile geolocation service for track delivery, cargo shipment and freight transportation. Logistic Import Export business (Elements of this image furnished by NASA)

Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

Franchise business e-commerce online e-marketplace or digital marketing branch expansion for growth or use technology to analyze product consumer data website management plan for sale service concept.

Moving Robots Site-to-Site