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Coupa Inspire 2025 Keynote: Welcome to the Age of Autonomous Trade

Logistics Viewpoints

Coupa Inspire 2025 opened with a bold message from the main stage in Las Vegas: the future of global trade isnt just digitalits autonomous. But now, it’s being activated through AI agents designed to automate sourcing, manage risk in real time, and reduce the friction thats long plagued procurement and finance functions.

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The Tumultuous Mexican Cross-Border

Cathy Roberson

As the threats of tariffs and the possible rewrite or even the elimination of the trade agreement between the US, Canada, and Mexico, USMCA, continues to ramp up in news and social media outlets, these are just a continuation of what has occurred between the US and Mexico throughout their two-hundred-year trade history.

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Supply Chain and Logistics News July 7th- 10th 2025

Logistics Viewpoints

include Chile and Canada, which together supplied over $10 billion worth of copper in 2024. Fastport’s “fleet-as-a-service” model includes not just the vehicles but also the entire support ecosystem, including maintenance and software. imports of copper. to take action against countries that violate trade agreements.

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The need to know

EFT

President Donald Trump has backed away from a threat to impose 50% tariffs imminently on imports from the European Union, giving more time for talks between Washington and the 27-nation bloc to produce a deal. The key supply chain stories from Reuters’ global network of journalists What's at stake as Trump's tariffs threaten EU exports U.S.

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In Fast Fashion, the Tug of War Between the Circular Economy and Capitalism is Glaringly Apparent

Logistics Viewpoints

A mountain of unsold fast fashion clothing items in the Atacama Desert in Chile has grown so large that satellites have captured clear images of it. Mountains of discarded clothes, new clothes that have not sold, in the Chilean Desert There is an inherent conflict between capitalism and the circular economy. This waste could fill more than 1.5

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2017

Talking Logistics

Supply chain professionals often cite peer-to-peer learning and networking as the most valuable investment of time and money. Does the event promote peer-to-peer learning and networking or will I spend most of my time sitting through numerous PowerPoint presentations? Most of the conferences on our list are in the U.S.,

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This Week in Logistics News (October 2-6, 2017)

Talking Logistics

I’ve never been to Chile. I’ll be doing both for the first time in a couple of weeks at Seminarium’s Logistics & Operations Conference 2017 (October 18th in Santiago, Chile). And if you’re interested in attending, it’s not too late to register — just click on the link above. Amazon declined to comment.