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Apple plans to increase investment in Vietnam to strengthen its supply chain and reduce dependence on Chinese manufacturing.

Mike Burkhart of CH Robinson discusses the shift in imported goods away from China and into Mexico.

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Politics seems to be on everyone’s mind in this election year and the effects on supply chains are becoming evident in every aspect of our work.

LevaData’s Keith Hartley explains how our global supply chains are likely never going to be free of China’s influence.

A new survey found U.S. C-Suite executives are over three times more likely to choose India over China for their future supply chain needs.

A new survey found U.S. C-Suite executives are over three times more likely to choose India over China for their future supply chain needs.

Nearly 75% of companies plan to reduce their share of sourcing from China, with the U.S. and Mexico appearing to be the big winners according to an AlixPartners survey.

Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently caught up with DHL Express U.S. CEO Greg Hewitt to discuss various topics, including: the 2023 Peak Season; the freight economy; and variuous logistics trends and themes. Their conversation is below. 

Years of geopolitical uncertainty and high US tariffs are driving manufacturing out of China and into new destinations.

Listen as Rosemary Coates and Adrienne Braumiller, Founder of the international law firm, Braumiller Law Group, discuss the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act. Rosemary Coates, Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute, hosts this episode of The Frictionless Supply Chain.

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Environmental and social production risks in emerging markets are a major hurdle for smaller players

In these unstable times, keeping most of your sourcing eggs in the China basket has become inadvisable, and companies appear to be putting a lot more energy and resources into finding alternatives to the world's workshop.

From August to September, Descartes reported that U.S.-bound container import volumes saw a 0.3% increase, coming in at 2,203,452 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), which the report observed differs from the decline that typically occurs over the last third of the calendar year.