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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

Executives in a new survey, 2018 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index, are divided about whether a new pact would help Mexico (24.3%); hurt Mexico (21.8%); or leave trade unchanged (25.7%). 2018 Index and Survey Highlights. Chile (12); Colombia (26); Argentina (28); Ecuador (34); Bolivia (37); Paraguay (40) were little changed.

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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. He estimated this cohort makes up 12% to 15% of large global firms, according to Kearney surveys. These firms will be “huge winners,” he said.

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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.

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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. In 2008, IBM spent $1.5 billion inside the U.S. These PELM operations reused or recycled 96.9

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NAFTA Countries Remain Bullish on Trade

Material Handling & Logistics

More than 60% of business leaders surveyed across North America believe governments are increasingly taking a protectionist stance of raising trade barriers to defend domestic businesses. But even amid ongoing renegotiations of NAFTA, half of firms surveyed (U.S. According to the survey, less than one in ten (9%) U.S.

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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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Here there be Monsters: Jobs and AI

Enterra Insights

Tom Allen reports, “The public in many countries think that automation will lead to ‘significant’ job losses and are doubtful about the technology’s impact on efficiency and output, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center. ”[2].