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EU Countries Warn German Gas Levy May Boost Reliance on Russia

Supply Chain Brain

Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia said the levy — which is paid for by traders or utilities further down supply chains — undermines energy security in the wider region.

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5 Steps to Address the Rising Geopolitical Risks to Your Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Shift in the centers of gravity of the demand: As of the beginning of April 2022, about four million Ukrainians have left the country for neighboring countries such as Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Moldova. This has resulted in massive spikes in demand for basic necessities in these countries.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon has announced that it is converting warehouse space in Slovakia, previously used to fulfill customer orders, into a massive humanitarian aid hub to get much-needed supplies to refugees fleeing the war in neighboring Ukraine.

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Five European Countries Agree to Extend Ukrainian Grain Ban

Supply Chain Brain

Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Poland will still let Ukrainian food exports move through their land to other parts of the world.

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Artificial Intelligence and the Global Agriculture Value Chain

Enterra Insights

As a result, crop prices in Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia collapsed with the onslaught of cheaper imports — generating protests in those countries. With maritime exports of grain continuing to be at risk, Ukrainian grain has been funneled landward into Eastern Europe.

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Workers at Risk As Robots Set to Replace 66 Million Jobs, Report Warns

Supply Chain Brain

The report said some of its member states were far more vulnerable than others to seeing jobs replaced by computers or algorithms: “There are significant differences across countries: 33 percent of all jobs in Slovakia are highly automatable, while this is only the case with 6 percent of the jobs in Norway.

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Three Months after Tianjin, the Area is Still Reeling.

Elementum

New productions are also in line in Slovakia, Austria and Brazil. To mitigate the investment and production loss in Tianjin, JLR has planned new production centers in continental Europe and South America. Additionally, JLR invested £450m in its British engine manufacturing center, which can help bridge the gap between production and demand.