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Trade Rules are Increasingly Environmental, Social and Governance Rules

Logistics Viewpoints

Procurement managers are now asked to address ESG issues in their sourcing and foreign manufacturing operations. Meanwhile, trade compliance managers are tasked with ensuring that the procurement department is following the rules. This article will focus on European Union trade regulations because the EU leads in this area.

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Q&A with Sidney Johnson: Veteran Supply Chain Practitioner and Resilinc Advisory Board Member

Resilinc

Sidney has over three decades of global direct and indirect procurement and supplier management experience. As Head of Procurement at Harman International to VP of Global Supply Chain Management at Aptiv, we learned about this supply chain thought leader’s extensive experience in the world of supply chain and procurement.

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Do Consumers Care About Ethical Sourcing?

Logistics Viewpoints

But, in 2019, the Trump Administration stopped imports of clothing, gold, diamonds, and other items believed to have been produced with forced labor by companies based in Brazil, China, and Malaysia, as well as some gold mined in eastern Congo and diamonds from a region in Zimbabwe. appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Do Tariffs Really Impact China’s Global Supply Chain?

NC State SCRC

By operating the terminals and financing the development of ports, they can then offer the technology and equipment to manage the terminals and provide resources for industrial organization projects and inland logistics channels that include railways, roads and cross docking stations for truck shipments.

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New: Global Trade Map 2016

Supply Chain Movement

Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) are designed to boost economic growth through trade by opening markets by way of progressive removal of customs duties, eliminating or reducing trade barriers and tariffs, lifting restrictions on services and even through public procurement. Cape Verde. Cayman Islands.

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Addressing UN Sustainable Development Goal 8: Helping Automotive Businesses Tackle Modern Slavery

EcoVadis

Early adopters of ethical automobile manufacturing and procurement practices are more likely to perform well in a global economy where the ethical consumption is rapidly becoming a significant market force. The requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act effectively caused entire industries to rethink supply chain logistics.