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The Global Trade Compliance Market is Crazy!

Logistics Viewpoints

Nevertheless, the argument that trade compliance is complementary to a company’s overall tax strategy certainly makes sense to many companies. In April of 2022, British American Tobacco, headquartered in the UK, agreed to pay $508 million in fines for selling their products to North Korea. Treasury Department.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Resolutions for 2017: 4 Things to STOP Doing This Year

Talking Logistics

As I highlighted recently in “ Your Supply Chain Strategy is Your Business Plan (Unless It’s Not) ,” the people who really need stop viewing logistics as a cost center are not the people in the front lines of supply chain and logistics (they already know it), but the CEOs and CFOs at manufacturing and retail companies.

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Economic Aspects of Supply Chains

American Global Logistics

Other geopolitical risks, such as tensions between Russia and Ukraine, along with unpredictable regimes in Iran and North Korea, have the potential to disrupt global supply chains as well. The uncertainty of that will challenge policymakers to adopt new strategies.

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Mitigating Geopolitical Risks in the Supply Chain, Part One

Enterra Insights

” • Notorious North Korea. Interestingly, Kupchan and Bremmer didn’t include North Korea as one of their trouble-spots for this coming year. Journalist Jean Mackenzie reports, “[North Korea] fired more missiles than ever before in a single year.

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What Supply Chain Risks Must Supply Chain Execs Keep Top of Mind?

GlobalTranz

Workers’ union, workplace safety, changes in labor regulations and fluctuations with employee turnover and retention can undo a well-versed logistics strategy. As seen recently with additional sanctions levied against North Korea and other countries, a change in politics may result in the cutoff of critical supply chain functions.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 5-9, 2016)

Talking Logistics

The kids are back at school, we have air conditioning again, and North Korea tested a nuclear bomb yesterday. “If Everything is back to normal. If it’s not love, then it’s the bomb that will bring us together,” Morrissey sings in this week’s Song of the Week. I’m rooting for love.

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Sorry, I’m Not Sure: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2018

Talking Logistics

I’ll begin with several high-level trends and factors that will impact supply chain and logistics strategies and operations in the coming year: Free Trade Agreements : “The U.S., North Korea : The more missiles North Korea launches and tests, the greater the risk for military conflict — or worse.