Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

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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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 23, 2018

Supply chain industry executives are split sharply about how Mexico will fare if it is able to agree with the United States and Canada on terms to update the North American Free Trade Agreement. . 8 in the infrastructure/transport category and maintains its grip on No. Qatar jumps two spots to No. 2 for business conditions. 31 from No.

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Elementum

JUNE 6, 2016

According to Deloitte’s 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index, Mexico ranks number eight out of 40 countries including Canada, Sweden, and Vietnam. Mexico may become the global manufacturing nerve center if the country plays its cards right. Lower costs and proximity to the U.S. Branching Out.

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Resilinc

JULY 20, 2021

One of the greatest challenges, however, is not even mentioned in the EIU report: enhancing the transportation and logistics infrastructure in Latin America countries. “A The Mexico-US-Canada rail network envisioned in the pending merger of Kansas City Southern with Canadian National would help.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 29, 2019

While Vietnam is a popular choice, reports are surfacing that the country’s limited manufacturing capacity is already heavily booked and their ports and other infrastructure are maxed out. While near-shoring to Mexico, Canada or the U.S. What will be the impact on costs for production and transportation?

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 29, 2019

While Vietnam is a popular choice, reports are surfacing that the country’s limited manufacturing capacity is already heavily booked and their ports and other infrastructure are maxed out. While near-shoring to Mexico, Canada or the U.S. What will be the impact on costs for production and transportation?

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Freightera

DECEMBER 21, 2023

North American companies are increasingly re-shoring manufacturing (primarily from China to Mexico, due to the strong US dollar) but some firms are moving back to Canada as well. Increasingly even Chinese manufacturers are looking abroad, moving operations to Mexico and Vietnam, for example.

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Intelligent Audit

MARCH 7, 2022

Parcel and freight exports from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam to Europe, MEISA, LAC 3 , and some APAC countries and territories 6 – Increasing $0.10 Parcel imports to Canada from Europe 13 — Increasing 0.06 per pound or $1.20 per kilogram. per pound or $1.20 per kilogram. per pound or $1.20

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

While we’re still sorting through the full text, we wanted to provide you with some background, answer some questions, and offer some insight about what the TPP agreement means for the transportation and logistics industry. Here are the top six questions our customers are asking about the TPP agreement. What is the TPP agreement?

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Tailwind

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

I watched the Ken Burns documentary on the Vietnam War for the third time this past week on Netflix. It was said that the Vietnam War was the first war that came into people’s living rooms, and for a young boy living in a northern city in Canada it was like the world came crashing through the door.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 22, 2017

He began by discussing how Free Trade Agreements, along with labor costs and transportation rates, are among the three most critical elements to factor in when analyzing global supply chain decisions. It excludes Canada, USA, Mexico, Chile, and Peru.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 26, 2015

Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. This sets the stage for two critically important trade deals in the works: Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) – The negotiating countries are: U.S., This could potentially come before Congress within the next two to three years.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Canada, and Mexico. Mexico and Canada Sign Pact to Replace Nafta (WSJ – sub. Supply chain reaction: trade war refugees race to relocate to Vietnam, Thailand (Reuters). Volvo to provide autonomous transport at Norwegian mine (FleetOwner). Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) — by trade ministers for the U.S.,

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