Announced Truce in U.S. and China Trade Agreement is Ambiguous
The Supply Chain Matters blog provides a commentary on the announced truce in the U.S. and China trade agreement which will provide little comfort to industry supply chains.
by Bob Ferrari 
Breaking: United States to Delay Some of the Newly Proposed Tariff Actions on China Imports
The Supply Chain Matters blog provides perspectives on today’s breaking news that the Trump Administration has elected to both delay tariffs on a yet to be disclosed, select number of products, as well as eliminate duties on certain others, that were all scheduled to take effect at the beginning of September.
by Bob Ferrari 
Building Evidence That Global Supply and Product Demand Structural Changes Are Underway
The Supply Chain Matters blog comments on ever clearer evidence that for U.S. based manufacturers and retailers, changes in global supply chain sourcing strategies are already underway, and that structural changes are already apparent for global supply and product demand market segments.
by Bob Ferrari
Temporary Cease Fire in the Ongoing Trade War Among the U.S. and China Brings Added Challenges
At the G-20 Economic Summit held late last week, the anticipated summit meeting among U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping resulted in essentially a temporary cease fire in additional tariff actions.
by Bob Ferrari
Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain Activity Reaches State of Contraction
With the bulk of May 2019 global-wide production and Supply Chain activity indices now being reported, May 2019 represented crossing the threshold to an overall level of contraction.
by Bob Ferrari
Are Heightened U.S. and China Trade Tensions Now at the Tipping Point?
The Supply Chain Matters blog provides our readers with yet another supply chain management focused update on the now heightened implications of ongoing trade tensions among two of the globe’s three largest economies. We pose the question and the response as to whether tensions are now at the tipping point.
by Bob Ferrari
U.S. and China Trade Talks Reach a Critical Stage
Global equity markets have once again turned volatile on the sudden and unexpected Twitter based announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump threatening to significantly increase import tariffs on goods imported from China. Multi-industry supply networks are at risk, depending on the outcome, and smaller businesses are especially at-risk without a contingency plan.
by Bob Ferrari
Is Today April Fools Day in Global Trade or Another Chapter in Industry Supply Chain Risk Mitigation?
The Supply Chain Matters blog outlines an April Fools parody commentary related to prior April 1st 2019 milestones in global trade related to Brexit, and to the ongoing trade tensions among the United States and China.
by Bob Ferrari
Purdue University Researchers Quantify How Current U.S. Trade Policies Have Multi-Billion Dollar Negative Impacts on Agricultural Markets
A new report sponsored by the Farm Foundation in the United States and conducted by economists at Purdue University provides the extent of how much U.S. farmers could be economically impacted with current U.S. trade policies. Reports of the study’s findings are rippling across U.S. Midwest media and agricultural news sources.
by Bob Ferrari
February 2019 Global PMI Indices Point to Discernable Slowdown in Demand and Supply Activity Levels
With the bulk of global manufacturing PMI indices now reported for February 2019, one is becoming very apparent is that China’s economic slowdown is having a discernable impact on other regions, perhaps far more accelerated that originally anticipated.
by Bob Ferrari
November 2018 Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain Activity Reinforce Slowdown and Some Sourcing Shifts
Indices for global-wide manufacturing and supply chain activity for November 2018 point to both subdued activity levels and shifting of sourcing locations.
by Bob Ferrari
From NAFTA to USMCA- A Step Back from the Precipice and the Realities of NAFTA 2.0
North America supply chain networks have been granted one huge sign of relief in the announcement of a last-minute trilateral trade deal involving Canada, the United States and Mexico. Attention is now turned to determining the implications and needed changes.
by Bob Ferrari 
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