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Trade War Disrupts Supply Chains, and Spurs a Slow Shift From China

October 18, 2018

The U.S.-China trade war is miring global supply chains in increasing uncertainty — with over half of U.S. companies with global supply chains reporting adverse impact.

Case Study

Global Logistics Renovation: How a U.S. Furniture Maker Rebuilt Its Supply Chain

October 16, 2018

SupplyChainBrain

Thanks to cheap labor, U.S. wood-furniture manufacturers like Bassett Furniture Industries often import their products from Asia — making logistics providers crucial partners.

North Dakota Soybean Farmers, Caught in the Trade War, Watch the Season Close on Their Crop

October 15, 2018

The Washington Post

Snow was dusting out of the steel-colored sky as Monte Peterson stared out his home office window at the land his family has worked since the 1950s.

Ford Prepares for Mass Layoffs After Losing $1Bn to Trump's Trade Tariffs

October 12, 2018

Fortune

Ford is having a bad year in 2018. Its stock is down 29 percent, and the tariffs imposed by President Trump have reportedly cost the company $1bn.

Trump Is Rerouting the World's Oil Tankers

October 11, 2018

Bloomberg

U.S. President Donald Trump is redirecting global oil flows.

Trump’s Tariffs Will Harm Growth in 2019, IMF Predicts

October 10, 2018

The Washington Post

The International Monetary Fund has cut its U.S. growth forecast for next year, warning that Trump’s trade policies will harm growth domestically and around the world.

Trump's New Chinese Tariffs Are Hitting Dollar Tree Stores

October 9, 2018

Fortune

President Donald Trump’s new 10-percent tariff on Chinese imports is impacting low- and middle-income customers somewhere you might not expect.

White House Announces Strategic Plans to Push U.S. Advanced Manufacturing

October 9, 2018

IndustryWeek

The plan calls for new technology development, workforce training and expansion of the domestic manufacturing supply chain.

The Most Valuable Commodity in Cyberwar: Real Information

October 9, 2018

Bloomberg

Last week, we got a reminder that foreign governments and partisan operatives spend a lot of time trying to vacuum up very real information.

China Put Spy Microchips in Servers Used by Amazon and Apple, Report Says

October 8, 2018

Los Angeles Times

China secretly inserted surveillance microchips into servers used by major technology companies, including Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc., in an audacious military operation likely to further inflame trade tensions with the United States.