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The New Silk Road: Have You Evaluated Your Freight Options?

TMC

China has channeled nearly $1 trillion of government money into the project, says the WEF, and is encouraging other governments, as well as private organizations, to invest in the project. The region’s geopolitics are complex and need to be monitored, especially where infrastructural projects are supported by government subsidies.

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The New Silk Road: Have You Evaluated Your Freight Options?

TMC

China has channeled nearly $1 trillion of government money into the project, says the WEF, and is encouraging other governments, as well as private organizations, to invest in the project. The region’s geopolitics are complex and need to be monitored, especially where infrastructural projects are supported by government subsidies.

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Logistics Bureau Supply Chain and Logistics News Roundup, July 2022

Logistics Bureau

If the war in Ukraine encourages companies to stockpile inventory, it is only the latest of several factors driving divergence from the once-dominant lean supply chain model. That shift has seen enterprises distance themselves from just-in-time and lean practices and hedge against supply shocks by judicious inventory stockpiling.

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The Belt and Road Initiative: Rail Service between Europe and Asia

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Working in close cooperation with the government of two Chinese provinces, Sichuan and Chongqing, these companies moved manufacturing facilities to inland China. As reported by OSW studies , China determined that rail service between western China, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Europe would best serve the unique needs of these manufacturers.

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