BloombergMore from BloombergAll LogisticsProtesters to End Border Blockades as Trudeau’s Threats Hit HomeVaccine-mandate protesters at two border crossings in Western Canada plan to leave after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government invoked emergency powers that could freeze their bank accounts and suspend their insurance.February 15, 2022Global Trade & EconomicsU.S.-Mexico Spat Threatens Avocado ShortageThe great avocado affair of 2022 began with a little-noticed weekend press release from Mexico’s Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry. The U.S. was shutting down imports of avocados from Mexico’s top producing region because one of its inspectors received a threatening phone call.February 15, 2022All LogisticsAuto Suppliers Cry Foul, Saying Carmakers Want a Bigger CutThe anti-vaccine protests that choked off a critical trade route between the U.S. and Canada last week are just the latest drama for an auto supply chain increasingly fraught with tension.February 15, 2022Supply Chain VisibilityBig Green Brands Have a Dirty Supplier Problem, CDP SaysMany big brands with green ambitions don’t know the carbon impacts of their supply chain, a new report shows.February 14, 2022All LogisticsCanada Bridge Reopens After Five-Day ProtestThe Ambassador Bridge that links Canada with the U.S. has reopened, clearing the largest trade artery between the two countries after a five-day protest shut it down.February 14, 2022All LogisticsHow Trucker Protests Shut the Canadian Border and Rocked the EconomyCanadian 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.February 11, 2022Consumer Packaged GoodsFood Inflation Is Coming for Valentine’s Day SweetsThe building block for most cookies, cakes, breads and pastries has spiked 10.3% in the past year, the biggest jump since 2011.February 11, 2022Sourcing/Procurement/SRMNew Chip Crisis Means Auto Giants Aren’t in the Clear YetWhile tight supplies of semiconductors are set to ease later this year, the next bottleneck is likely to come from growing demand for analog chips, which are increasingly being used in automobiles as they become electrified and autonomous.February 10, 2022All LogisticsL.A. Port Sees Chance to Ease Ship Backlog by Summer PeakU.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.February 9, 2022All LogisticsCanadian Bridge Blockade Stretches Fragile Auto Supply ChainProtestors blocking traffic between the U.S. and Canada to oppose vaccine rules have further stretched an auto supply chain already worn thin by pandemic-related labor shortages and a scarcity of chips.February 9, 2022Previous PagePage 184 of 357Next Page
