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April 6, 2020
By Bloomberg
Food Supply Chain Slows Around the World on Trucking Bottlenecks
Truckers hauling food are facing delays across the globe in the latest disruption to supply chains snarled by the coronavirus pandemic.
March 31, 2020
By Bloomberg
White House Pays Underwear Makers to Churn Out Millions of Masks
Companies from New Balance and L.L. Bean in New England to Gap in California are contributing to an ever-widening emergency initiative, the likes of which hasn’t been seen for 80 years.
March 30, 2020
By Bloomberg
Trump’s Ventilator Demands Will Test Automaker Supply Chains
Carmakers might seem unlikely candidates to build ventilators for coronavirus victims. But in fact they may be quite well-suited to churn out the highly intricate medical devices that are in critically short supply.

March 27, 2020
By Bloomberg
The Healthcare Startup That’s Fast-Tracking Drone Delivery
March 26, 2020
By Bloomberg
U.S. Truckers Enjoy Demand Surge But ‘Scary’ Shakeout Looms
March 26, 2020
By Bloomberg
As Governments Tout Virus Aid, Companies Struggle to Tap It
March 25, 2020
By Bloomberg
‘Essential’ Food Workers Are Resisting Across the Americas
March 25, 2020
By Bloomberg
How Power and Gas Utilities Keep Energy Flowing in the Pandemic

March 24, 2020
By Bloomberg
World War II-Style Mobilization Order May Carry Risks
March 19, 2020
By Bloomberg
There Aren’t Enough Containers to Keep World Trade Flowing
March 18, 2020
By Bloomberg
The Nation Is Shutting Down. For Walmart, It’s Time to Step Up.
March 17, 2020
By Bloomberg
Virus Strikes at Amazon’s Operational Heart: Its Delivery Machine
March 13, 2020
By Bloomberg
Extreme Weather Events Expose Vulnerability of Crops Globally

Foreign Trade Zones
March 20, 2020 | Purolator International
Five Tips for U.S. Small Business Competitiveness in the Canadian Market
March 20, 2020 | Purolator International
U.S., International Customs Practices Under Review As E-Commerce Volume Surges
March 9, 2020 | Purolator International
Incoterms 2020: Revised Rules for International Shipping
March 9, 2020 | Purolator International
Direct-Ship Vendor Solutions Mean Faster E-Commerce Deliveries, Improved Efficiency
March 9, 2020 | Purolator International

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Can the U.S.-Canada Trading Relationship Be Saved?
August 24, 2018
The dispute between the U.S. and Canada over renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement threatens to do serious damage to one of the closest diplomatic friendships in the world today. Read more.
Women in Supply Chain, 2018: A Conversation With Suzanne Judy
May 09, 2018
With every story of a woman succeeding in the male-dominated world of supply chain and logistics management, another door opens. Read More
The Infrastructure Crisis: What's the Political Reality?
April 26, 2018
We never seem to lack for proposals to fix the nation’s broken transportation infrastructure. But the money to make it happen is always missing. Read More