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What is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)? Guest Post by Arun Gupta, PhD

Supply Chain View from the Field

In its current form the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a potential free trade agreement (FTA) between the US and 11 Asia-Pacific (APAC) countries (Canada, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Japan, Vietnam, Brunei, Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, and New Zealand). The United States currently has FTA’s with six (6) of the 11 TPP countries.

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

NC State SCRC

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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Inventory planning to reduce Chinese New Year disruption

EazyStock

Chinese New Year shutdowns Every year factories in China (and other countries that celebrate the Lunar New Year, such as Indonesia, Malaysia, North Korea, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam, and Brunei) shut down so that their workers can celebrate Chinese New Year. In 2024, this will be from February 9-15. and factors in the longer lead time.

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Inventory Planning to Reduce Chinese New Year Disruption

EazyStock

Every year factories in China (and other countries that celebrate the Lunar New Year such as Indonesia, Malaysia, North Korea, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam, and Brunei) shutdown so that their workers can celebrate Chinese New Year. With this data it then calculates new order quantities and safety stock levels.

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How to Sell on Zalora Step by Step Guide for Beginners

Vinculum

Starting with Malaysia, it has widened its reach to Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Hong Kong, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Australia, and New Zealand. You can get tips from Zalora’s data scientists and fashion experts. Its Asian presence can soon turn into a global one in the coming years.

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Spotlight on trade agreements: IPEF, TPP, RCEP

Resilinc

trillion in GDP—and Brunei—a tiny nation on the north coast of Borneo, Malaysia, with less than 500,000 people and $12 billion GDP—have in common? A significant trade in oil and gas, which flows from Brunei to India; medical and entrepreneurial talent, which tends to flow in the other direction; and recently, membership in the U.S.

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High Seas Troubles Affect Global Supply Chains, Part One: Security Risks

Enterra Insights

Navy, sidelined during decades of counterterrorism campaigns, is stretched securing not just shipping lanes but also undersea data cables and gas pipelines that have become equally important to economic output.” ” Chinese Territorial Claims China has both territorial and economic ambitions in the maritime arena.