Supply Chain Research

Yarn, wind power face new duties; olives poised to wrinkle US-EU relationship

November 30, 2021

The U.S. International Trade Commission has issued a variety of rulings in November, with polyester yarn, wind towers, and solar panels all receiving some form of additional tariff burden. The polyester yarn ruling targeted subject imports from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam that w... Read more →

Q3’21 Outlook: The fallout from pandemic planning and trade policy rivalry

July 6, 2021

The impact of international trade policy on global supply chains in the second half of 2021 will depend on the implementation of vaccine provision regulations and the resolution, or otherwise, of long-standing trade rivalries. Global trade is recovering rapidly with growth in exports from 27 c... Read more →

Going fishing for deals – July 2021 supply chain calendar

June 30, 2021

The coming month will provide little respite from trade policy events and operational challenges for supply chains. A WTO ministerial meeting from July 15 is unlikely to make progress on reforming the global trade dispute framework while a fisheries agreement may be a test case as to whether t... Read more →

Biden’s next 1,361 days – onshoring, vaccines and taxes but no big trade deals

April 29, 2021

President Biden’s first 100 days in office have set the stage for the remainder of his term in office, with policy support for supply chain adaptations such as onshoring and decarbonization rather than wide ranging trade deals. That comes as trade activity has boomed, with U.S. exports and imp... Read more →

WTO fish focus about more than just fish, Chile export growth mixed

April 14, 2021

The WTO’s Director General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has stated that talks this week regarding fishery subsidy rules require success as it “is a top priority for this organization, not only for the fisheries, but also for the WTO system”. The WTO sorely needs to show success in unifying trade poli... Read more →

Panjiva Insights: Words become actions, Q2’21 Outlook

April 12, 2021

Panjiva Research’s April 8 webinar covered the outlook for Q2’21 and beyond and considered the troubled state of the logistics industry, its impact on the economic and supply chains as well as reviewing key trade policy issues to watch. The global logistics industry is still in the midst of a ... Read more →

Q2 2021 Outlook: Words become actions, threats going nowhere

March 31, 2021

The seeds of the challenges faced by global supply chains in Q1’21 were sown in the second half of 2020 and are unlikely to unwind before the end of Q2’21. Global trade activity remains robust, with exports from 17 countries that have reported data for February showing growth of 6.2% excluding... Read more →

Biden’s Buy American provides a new vehicle for dealing with an old sector

January 26, 2021

President Biden has published a long-awaited “Buy American” Executive Order. From a practical perspective, 97% of U.S. government contracts already go to American firms, with the EO’s targets therefore being second tier suppliers. There may be regulatory challenges under World Trade Organizati... Read more →

Hyundai Steel case sets clock ticking for Biden WTO, steel decisions

January 25, 2021

The WTO has ruled against the U.S. in the matter of tariffs covering three types of steel and one power distribution product imported from South Korea. That starts the 60 day clock for the Biden administration to respond to the WTO’s ruling that the tariffs were applied incorrectly. This will ... Read more →

2021 Outlook: Altogether, apart – Global trade policy issues

January 6, 2021

A change in U.S. presidency and the fallout from Brexit aren’t the only trade policy issues facing global supply chains in 2021. Reform of the WTO will likely have to wait until 2022 with the next ministerial having been delayed until Dec. 2021. In the meantime the WTO will need to manage down... Read more →

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