Supply Chain Research

Biden and Brexit aren’t the only trade policy issues facing global supply chains in 2021 with digital and carbon taxes, the WTO and RCEP/CPTPP implementation all factors to watch. Next is more concerned about the pandemic than Brexit for apparel supplies. Also: Maersk leads solar shipping as logistics costs complicate tariffs; export order expectation rebound takes a breather; Alibaba, Tencent’s loss could be tariff payers’ gain; Japan, Mexico commit to two year process of CPTPP expansion; Wilhelmsen chooses own vessels over charters after weak demand; and China backs the container-lines...