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How Trucker Protests Shut the Canadian Border and Rocked the Economy

Canadian protests that began by championing the rights of truckers have spread into sprawling, ad-hoc anti-establishment demonstrations across the country — shuttering crucial trade links, confounding police and giving hints that the efforts could spread.

Demonstrators gather as rows of trucks sit parked during a protest against vaccine mandates in Ottawa, Ontario. Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: How Supply Chains Survived the 2021 Holiday Season

Brian Higgins, principal, supply chain and operations leader with KPMG, offers a post mortem on the recently concluded 2021 holiday retail season.

How Supply Chains Survived the 2021 Holiday Season

L.A. Port Sees Chance to Ease Ship Backlog by Summer Peak

U.S. supply chains have a chance to normalize after retailers replenish inventories next quarter, even if peak summer demand arrives sooner than usual, according to Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka.

Container ships moored off the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports in Long Beach, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

EU Offers Ambitious Chips Law That May Struggle to Deliver Funds

The European Union unveiled its plan to use its economic leverage to attract large semiconductor producers like Intel Corp. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., but reaching the full 45 billion euro ($51.4 billion) price tag depends on a controversial and untested method of subsidizing production.

An employee inspect wafers using an optical microscope. Photo: Bloomberg.

GOP Opposition in House Puts U.S.-China Competition Bill at Risk

Growing Republican criticism risks complicating passage of a once-bipartisan bill intended to make the U.S economy more competitive, saying it goes too easy on China even as it aims to aid the domestic semiconductor industry.

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Photo: Bloomberg.

Get Ready for More Freight Bottlenecks During Chinese New Year and Beyond

DHL is projecting an 88% decrease from typical volumes of China-U.S. freight during the first week of the Chinese New Year, which begins February 1.

Red lanterns are illuminated at night for the Lunar New Year. Photo: Pexels.

Trucker Protest Strands Beef Shipments at U.S.-Canada Border

Protesters who are rallying against vaccine mandates are holding up shipments of Canadian beef to the U.S.

Commercial trucks and passenger vehicles drive across Ambassador Bridge on the Canada-U.S. border in Windsor, Ontario. The bridge connects Windsor to Detroit and facilitates over 30% of all Canada-U.S. road trade. Photo: Bloomberg.

Counting Down to the Next Supply Chain Shock

What impacted supply chain dynamics in 2021, and what's coming next?

U.S. Economic Growth Quickens With Inventory Boost

U.S. economic growth accelerated by more than forecast in the fourth quarter, fueled by the rebuilding of inventories and capping the strongest year since the 1980s.

Rows of inventory in a distribution warehouse. Photo: Bloomberg.

Price Spikes, Pressure on Amazon: What to Watch in E-Commerce This Year

In year three of the COVID-19 pandemic, the a slew of challenges remain for global supply chains and economies. Here's what to watch.

An aerial view of the Port of Shanghai in Shanghai, China. Photo: Getty Images.

Watch: Putting the Pieces of Broken Supply Chains Back Together

Glenn Steinberg, global supply chain leader with EY, discusses the drivers behind the “great reset” of manufacturing and supply chain operations.

Putting the Pieces of Broken Supply Chains Back Together

Global Supply Chains Near Make-or-Break Point for Easing in 2022

Global supply chains are nearing a turning point that’s set to help determine whether logistics headwinds abate soon or keep restraining the global economy and prop up inflation well into 2022, according to several new barometers.

Rows of shipping containers at a cargo port. Photo: Getty Images.

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