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Don’t Fret: Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement will not play havoc with the economic development of developing countries

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

In late June of 2015, the Senate passed legislation that gave President Obama the authority to present the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade package to Congress with no amendments or filibusters allowed. Felipe Caro and Christopher S. Tang, UCLA Anderson School. trillion and US was second with US$ 3.9 trillion.) .

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6 Answers for Your Top TPP Agreement Questions

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Since the release of the final text for the TPP agreement, along with President Obama’s announcement on November 5, 2015, that he intended to sign it, the TPP agreement has been a fairly hot topic—across all industries—with some aspects being more controversial than others. What is the TPP agreement? This post is credited to Mike Short.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

August 2015 saw the opening of the New Suez Canal, which cost over $8 billion and increased the depth to 24 meters (78 feet). The canal could only support unidirectional traffic prior to its extension in 2015, with crossings arranged into convoys of roughly 10 to 15 ships. meters in 2008 as opposed to 22.5 meters in 2001.

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Spotlight on trade agreements: IPEF, TPP, RCEP

Resilinc

trillion in GDP—and Brunei—a tiny nation on the north coast of Borneo, Malaysia, with less than 500,000 people and $12 billion GDP—have in common? A significant trade in oil and gas, which flows from Brunei to India; medical and entrepreneurial talent, which tends to flow in the other direction; and recently, membership in the U.S.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

SCM 3PL Subway 2015. Brunei Darussalam. Strangely enough, though, the order accuracy improvement has taken place at a lower level (from 60% to 66%) in 2015, whereas it improved from 67% to 72% in 2013. >>Please click on the red button and fill in the fields to activate the green download button. Choose country.

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Updated IT Subway Map: Major acquisitions in SC software

Supply Chain Movement

Brunei Darussalam. In light of that, Infor’s acquisition of GT Nexus in August 2015 is understandable. A third notable take-over is that of Barloworld by US software supplier Llamasoft in September 2015. Bangladesh. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bouvet Island. British Indian Ocean Territory. Burkina Faso. Cape Verde. Cayman Islands.

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Gradual changes in the European supply chain consulting market

Supply Chain Movement

Brunei Darussalam. Firstly, in May 2015, it acquired the Javelin Group, specialised in transforming end-to-end supply chain and retail operations for the digital era and with offices in the UK and France. Bangladesh. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bouvet Island. British Indian Ocean Territory. Burkina Faso. Cape Verde. Cayman Islands.