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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

The Boston Marathon is considered one of the worlds “ Big 5 ” marathons. mile journey, with a particularly large crowd in downtown Boston. The 127th running of the Boston Marathon took place on Monday. In percentage terms, Vietnam’s exports grew the most. Spectators line the sides of the 26.2

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Is Mexico the World's Next Manufacturing Hub?

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According to Deloitte’s 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index, Mexico ranks number eight out of 40 countries including Canada, Sweden, and Vietnam. In addition, per the Boston Consulting Group, manufacturing in Mexico is about 4 percent cheaper now than in China — compared to being 6 percent more expensive over a decade ago.

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Five Tips on Sourcing Products From China

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In fact, China’s wages have been on the rise and fast-growing countries like Vietnam and Bangladesh are developing niches in footwear and clothing manufacturing as well. He will be happy to show them around high schools in the Boston area and have them meet the admissions officers. Zhao is ecstatic and happily takes up the offer.

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THE IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS ON SUPPLY CHAINS

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In the last few years, this sub-industry has reduced its dependency on China for manufacturing and spread its supply chain to countries like Bangladesh and Vietnam, but still has heavy reliance on China for fabric and other raw materials. Globally, this industry stands around $600 billion. This is also a highly regulated industry.

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Global Trade and Decoupling from China

Enterra Insights

Apart from China, it includes Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and 10 Southeast Asian nations, from Indonesia and Vietnam to Thailand and Singapore. … The population of the countries now part of the deal equals roughly a third of humanity.”[4]. ”[4]. The great decoupling. The mutual dependency between the U.S.

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