With the current backdrop of increasing global trade and tariff developments has all eyes focused of the ongoing impacts to global supply chain activity levels. The latest July-August 2018 data points to a slight firming of output data but at the same time, increasing uncertainty as to future output impacts.
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The Supply Chain Matters blog provides our August 31 update and insights commentary on the pace and impact of global trade and tariff events impacting global and industry supply chains.
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Supply Chain Matters provides a breaking news commentary to our ongoing updates and insights related to global trade and tariff tensions. Both the U.S. and Mexico announced today a bi-lateral trade agreement paving the way for Canada to participate in a NAFTA replacement trade agreement. President Trump however, is calling for renaming of this agreement, to obliterate the former connotation.
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The Supply Chain Matters blog provides our August 24 update and insights commentary on the pace and impact of global trade and tariff events impacting global and industry supply chains.
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The Supply Chain Matters blog provides our August 10 update and insights commentary on the pace and impact of global trade and tariff events impacting global and industry supply chains.
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The various major July 2018 PMI indices reflecting global and major regional manufacturing and supply chain activity have published and provide further indication of what looks to be a global trade induced slowdown in multi-industry supply chain momentum.
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The Supply Chain Matters blog provides our July 27 weekly update and insights commentary on the pace and impact of global trade and tariff events impacting global and industry supply chains.
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Supply Chain Matters alerts subscribed and general readers that our Q2-2018 Quarterly Newsletter has published. Registered blog subscribers will find notification and links to the Q2 Newsletter in respective email inboxes.
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The Supply Chain Matters blog provides our July 20 weekly update and insights commentary on the pace and impact of global trade and tariff events impacting global and industry supply chains.
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The Supply Chain Matters blog provide a weekly update and insights commentary on the pace and impact of global trade and tariff events impacting global supply chains.
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Global manufacturing and supply chain activity and other specific regional geographic indices reflect a dip in activity this past quarter and a discernable slowdown from prior momentum. If industry supply chain teams were seeking evidence of whether current global trade tensions and tariff actions were having a discernable impact, the latest indices do point to a turning-point.
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Supply Chain Matters calls reader attention to some news that likely many global supply chain participants are fully aware of, namely that many shippers remain dissatisfied with the reliability and service levels provided by many ocean container shipping lines.
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