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Bitcoin and the Brutal Truth!

Supply Chain Game Changer

It led people to drive away their trust from banks and even governments controlling the financial system. You can consider the example that you can buy beer with $10 worth of bitcoins one day, but the other day, you can buy wine with the same bitcoin. It allowed people to use cryptocurrencies with a high degree of anonymity.

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

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Per CSMS# 18-00372 , as of June 1, 2018, all countries will be subject to the 232 tariffs except Argentina, Australia, Brazil, and South Korea for steel; for aluminum, all countries will be subject except Argentina and Australia. Indirect impacts include goods you buy domestically or have imported by another U.S.

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Trends 2024: Risk Management

Enterra Insights

Industry journalist Camille Rustici provides an excellent overview of many of those risks.[2] Some countries, like Argentina, continue to suffer from hyperinflation, while other countries are seeing inflation rates decrease. manufacturing exports but will reduce purchasing power for imported materials, components, and equipment.”[6]