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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] The time has come for us all to prioritize food in our public policy — at home and internationally.

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

CH Robinson Transportfolio

China, Tariffs, and Trade Policy. If changes in trade policy have been giving you and your team whiplash lately, you’re not alone. Additionally, absolute quota will be applicable for imports from Argentina, Brazil, and South Korea for steel imports; and to Argentina for aluminum imports as of June 1, 2018.

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Trends 2024: Risk Management

Enterra Insights

Some countries, like Argentina, continue to suffer from hyperinflation, while other countries are seeing inflation rates decrease. .” Diversions around these two waterways are costing shippers both time and money. Inflation and Global Economy Risks. The inflation picture is mixed. “China reported only 5.2%

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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.

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Transportation in the Americas: A Cross-Country Comparison

MIT Supply Chain

The TTPI rates countries based on five main categories: driver labor market and training, procurement practices and market structure, transportation cost structure (variable vs. fixed), innovation in trucking practices, and public policy toward developing national transportation systems. For instance, Brazil and Colombia both come in at 2.4

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Who said supply chains are boring?: Supply Chain Corporate.

Supply Chains Rock

By the end of 2008, we had completed a cumulative total of 553 initial audits; including expansion into three additional growth market countries (36 initial audits): Argentina, Malaysia and Vietnam. Public Policy & Sustainability Blog. In 2008, IBM spent $1.5 billion inside the U.S. Latin American Logistics. MIT Supply Chain 2020.

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NAFTA Countries Remain Bullish on Trade

Material Handling & Logistics

Despite uncertainty around protectionist trade policies, business leaders in the United States, Canada and Mexico maintain a positive outlook for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and its impact on their firms, according to a newly released report from HSBC ‘Navigator: Now, next and how for business’.

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