Nissan’s recovery, Marelli’s Malaysian auto export surge may lose traction August 12, 2021 Nissan has reportedly had to shut a factory in Tennessee for two weeks due to a shortage of parts from Malaysia. While the firm does not appear to import directly from Malaysia, its total U.S. imports of auto parts had been recovering rapidly with growth of 11.7% in Q2’21 versus the same perio... Read more →
Panjiva Daily: Uniform regulations, divergent methods; the “lobster king” and the elections June 9, 2020 The implementation of new USMCA “uniform regulations” may require very different adaptations to supply chains among the auto assemblers and component suppliers. New calls for lobster tariffs are more about the elections than trade policy. Also: COVID-19 disrupts Brazilian commodity exports in ... Read more →