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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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Embracing Adversity

BlueYonder

I was born in San Juan, Argentina but most of my formative years were in a beautiful, quiet suburban town in Cordoba, Argentina. My world turned upside down in 1976 when my parents decided to immigrate to the United States in order to provide a better and brighter future for my brother and me when I was 10.

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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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Embracing Adversity

BlueYonder

I was born in San Juan, Argentina but most of my formative years were in a beautiful, quiet suburban town in Cordoba, Argentina. My world turned upside down in 1976 when my parents decided to immigrate to the United States in order to provide a better and brighter future for my brother and me when I was 10.

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

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Tariff Rate Quota went into effect on February 7, 2018, against any country importing certain products into the United States. The United States added 25% tariffs on steel and 10% tariffs on aluminum imports from all nonexempt countries, effective March 23, 2018. Section 232 National security tariffs. On May 31, the S.

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Transportation in the Americas: A Cross-Country Comparison

MIT Supply Chain

For now, Mendonça, Villena, and Ruiz have focused on just five major markets in the Americas: the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina. Maybe I can go here and provide something different in the market.”

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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

Supply chain industry executives are split sharply about how Mexico will fare if it is able to agree with the United States and Canada on terms to update the North American Free Trade Agreement. . Chile (12); Colombia (26); Argentina (28); Ecuador (34); Bolivia (37); Paraguay (40) were little changed.