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China Halts Some U.S. Farm Imports, Threatening Trade Deal Chinese government officials told major state-run agricultural companies to pause purchases of some American farm goods including soybeans as Beijing evaluates…

Higher reliability, improved performance, and reduced costs: the expected benefits of automation have made it one of the most important industrial trends. Automation in production is so widespread now that…

FAA exemption allows cargo to travel in passenger seats After Airlines for America, a trade association representing the airline industry, filed paperwork asking for an exemption to the rules regarding…

Supply chain disruption was a popular topic long before the world was seized by the coronavirus pandemic. Geopolitical disturbances, natural disasters, labor strikes, and changing regulations were already a factor,…

European ports hit hard by Coronavirus lockdowns Trade gateways across the world have been hit by the coronavirus pandemic, but European ports have been the hardest hit. This is because…

Smaller than a car, bigger than a cargo bike and several of them at once – the new vehicle concept Ducktrain has the potential to change urban delivery and industrial…

Coronavirus will reverse globalization and create regional supply chains economists predict Economists have predicted that the coronavirus crisis will fundamentally reshape global trade as companies look to reduce their dependence…

The coronavirus pandemic has caused widespread disruption to supply chains since the end of January. This is mainly because of measures put in place by governments to stop the spread…

Trump administration pushing to rip global supply chains from China According to officials familiar with U.S. planning, the Trump administration is “turbocharging” an initiative to remove global industrial supply chains…

The extent to which the supply chain succeeds or fails impacts all other aspects of a business. Disruptions in logistics cause disruptions in inventory management, which affects sales and customer…