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January 21, 2021
By Bloomberg
A Year of Poor Planning Led to Carmakers’ Massive Chip Shortage
Near-sighted planning, supply-chain complexities and a tradition of keeping inventories low caused the semiconductor shortage that is now forcing carmakers to idle production lines and straining their relationship with chip manufacturers.
January 20, 2021
By Bloomberg
WHO Fumes at Western Drugmakers As China Fills Vaccine Void
For months, the World Health Organization has called on countries to come together to ensure a fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines among rich and poor nations. Now it’s starting to lose patience.
January 13, 2021
By Bloomberg
How China Won Trump’s Trade War and Got Americans to Foot the Bill
President Trump famously tweeted that “trade wars are good, and easy to win” in 2018 as he began to impose tariffs on about $360 billion of imports from China. Turns out he was wrong on both counts.

January 13, 2021
By Bloomberg
U.K. to Fine Firms That Hide Chinese Imports From Uighur Labor
January 13, 2021
By Bloomberg
Global Food Prices at Six-Year High Are Set to Keep On Climbing
January 7, 2021
By Bloomberg
Ten Ways Renewable Energy’s Boom Year Will Shape 2021
December 9, 2020
By Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain
Watch: Can We Dismantle Barriers to Foreign Trade?
December 9, 2020
By Bloomberg
A Dangerous Level of Dependence Binds China and U.S. Farmers

December 3, 2020
By Bloomberg
In Trade’s 2020 Comeback, Globalization Is Alive and Kicking
November 30, 2020
By Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain
Watch: The New Administration’s Impact on U.S. Trade Policy
November 25, 2020
By Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain
How Will U.S. Trade Policy Change Under the Biden Administration?
November 9, 2020
By Bloomberg
Apple Freezes New Business for Pegatron on China Labor Abuse
November 5, 2020
By Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain
Watch: Is the Pandemic Driving Manufacturers Back to the U.S.?

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Trade Wars: Managing the New Supply Chain Landscape
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Strategies for Bringing Manufacturing Back to the U.S.
October 14, 2020
Easier said than done: that pretty well describes the task of shifting manufacturing out of China and back to the United States. Read more.
Are the U.S. and China Fighting a New Cold War?
September 17, 2020
Have the U.S. and China progressed from a trade war to a cold war? Read more.
How to Break America’s Reliance on Manufacturing in China
June 24, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has revealed the need for breaking the United States’ dependence on manufacturing in China and other countries. Read more.