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What does the global trade chess board look like lately ?

NC State SCRC

Strategic global trade decisions take on a variety of postures, including defensive, offensive, informing sourcing strategy when it comes to trade agreements, duty positioning, country pairings, and and sourcing shifts to reach some sort of global optimization, which must also consider supplier capability, capacity, and duty.

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6 Supply Chain Trends That Could Truly Shake You Up (2018 Update)

Logistics Bureau

Their ability to perform with excellence exists only while supply and demand conditions remain stable—which is a rarity in today’s environment of globalisation and on-demand consumerism. BRICs Are Moving to Buying, Not Just Making. Supply chains that are too lean leave no room for error or change, and lack resilience.