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China Announces Export Controls on Five Critical Minerals

Exiger Perspectives

Analysis of Weapons Systems Parts and Materials Source: Exiger Leveraging Exigers proprietary data catalogue of hundreds of millions of part attributes used by the defense industry and federal government, Exiger identified bismuth as the leading impacted material in weapons systems by part count, followed by tungsten and tellurium.

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The Pros and Cons: International and Domestic Sourcing

Unleashed

This strategy involves a country from a high-cost country area — typically US, UK, Canada, Australia, and West European nations — purchasing materials from resource-rich low-cost countries; think China, India, Indonesia, Bolivia, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, and East European nations. Local government policies and exchange rates.

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Embracing the South American Ecommerce Marketplace

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Improvements are slowly occurring, thanks to increased government funding (but corruption hampers many efforts). Only two countries in South America are landlocked, Paraguay and Bolivia. Roads remain the primary means of transportation, but 60% are unpaved, hampering the speed of delivery by truck to inland locations.

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Trends 2019: Let the Prediction Season Begin

Enterra Insights

governments, private enterprises, non-profits, academic institutions, and citizens). While populism had been ascendant in numerous countries before this — from Poland and Hungary to Bolivia and the Philippines — these elections brought such political philosophies to two of the world’s largest economies.” ”[3].

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Rules and Regulations for Cargo Moving

American Global Logistics

SUBSTITUTED SERVICE (ALTERNATE PORT SERVICE) This provision shall govern the transfer of cargo by trucking or other means of transportation at the expense of the Carrier. If it cannot be determined when the loss of or damage to the goods occurred, liability shall be governed as provided in Section 6.2 BASIC LIABILITY: 6.1

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