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Hanjin Bankruptcy Demonstrates Fragility of Ocean Freight Market Prior to “Black November”

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Also, American Shipper reports that a federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday granted Hanjin Shipping’s request to have its rehabilitation in bankruptcy court in Korea be recognized under the U.S. bankruptcy code.

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The Emerging Supply Chain Wars

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In this formula, countries with no resources can become transshipment points that smooth out supply chains, such as Singapore which has no raw materials but generates massive profits from its transshipment port.

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Why Global Trade Agreements must be part of your supply chain planning: Guest Post by Tim Barnes

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There is an overlap of countries that are party to both the TPP and RCEP, however for those nations, such as Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Brunei, most have gone on the record saying that they see the US led TPP as the most critical and inclusive, and will put the RCEP on hold pending the decision on TPP.

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What Trump’s Announcement of Withdrawal from the TPP Means for US Supply Chain Executives

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it started as a bilateral agreement between New Zealand and Singapore, but read my book to learn that story) to write the rules for trade in Asia, while conveniently leaving China and India out of the picture. However, there is the second impact which is more geopolitical in nature. The TPP was eventually developed and led by the U.S. (it