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Food Security and National Security

Enterra Insights

”[2] According to McKinsey & Company analysts, there are six recognized world breadbaskets: Brazil/Argentina, United States/Canada, Northwestern Europe, Northern India, China/Southeast Asia, and Russia/Ukraine.[3] They are very important regions in the world because they greatly contribute to the global food supply.”[2]

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China, Tariffs, and Trade Policy. What’s Going On?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

China, Tariffs, and Trade Policy. In retaliation , China announced effective April 2, 2018 they will apply tariffs to 128 products imported from the United States. In response to the proposed 301 tariffs, China announced that a 25% tariff rate will apply to a list of goods in 106 categories, including U.S. What’s Going On? |

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Doing Business in Brazil

QAD

Brazil is located in Eastern South America and borders the Atlantic Ocean as well as the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. Other members include Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. Primary trading partners included China, the U.S., Political Landscape.

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Is Soy the Next Palm Oil?

EHS Sustainability Knowledge at Work

And over 80% of soybean was produced in three countries: the United States (35%), Brazil (29%) and Argentina (18%). Expansion of soy since the 1970s in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay has seen almost half of the important ecosystem provided by the Cerrado grasslands completely wiped out. What happens next? Soy will continue to expand.

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La Nina’s impact on the food supply chain

Resilinc

But growing conditions took “a dramatic turn” in December, with dryness attributed to La Niña setting in across southern Brazil and Argentina, according to Reuters market analyst Karen Braun. and China and the possibility of war between Russia and Ukraine, both leading wheat exporters.

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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

“However, there are many storylines yet to fully unfold, such as China’s debt, the renegotiation of NAFTA and ongoing political and economic transition in the Middle East. China and India top the 2018 rankings and put more distance between themselves and No. 2018 Index and Survey Highlights. Russia climbs three spots to No.

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Supply Chain Planning in Emerging Markets: Four Points to Remember

ToolsGroup

Gartner analyst Debashis Tarafdar says that the large size of a country (like India, China or Indonesia) can mean “significant polarization of population between urban and rural with distinctly different buying capabilities and purchasing preferences. But equally they pose huge supply chain planning challenges as described earlier.