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Despite tariffs, a trade war and a pandemic, the Chinese economy is once again the world’s factory

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Chris Rogers, research director for global trade intelligence firm Panjiva.

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Chris Rogers, research director for global trade intelligence firm Panjiva.

Manufacturing executives expect their supply chains to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic looking quite different than they did previously, according to a new survey conducted by the law firm Foley & Lardner LLP. The adaptation of supply chains to the new global world economy had already started before the U.S.-China trade war and COVID started, and these events have accelerated the process of redefining global supply chains.

A research report pointing to ways in which the strategy can impact industrial site selection on various fronts. The CBRE research report, entitled “Changing Patterns of Trade Benefit U.S. Industrial Real Estate,” explained that while imports from Asia have historically entered the U.S. through West Coast ports, in recent years there has been an increase in companies adopting a regional distribution model with warehouses near growing population centers for quicker deliveries, as well as lower domestic transportation costs.

To say the relationship between the United States and China is complicated is an understatement. And that is even more clear today, given the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on their respective economies and the global economy, at larger, coupled with the increasing tensions between the two global superpowers embroiled in a trade war and at odds over the origins of COVID-19, too.

In a report, entitled “The Changing Flow of International Trade: Impact on Global Supply Chains & Industrial Real Estate,” explained that the need for United States shippers to spread out sourcing and manufacturing outside of China is being heightened by rising labor costs in China and ongoing trade conflicts, adding that diversifying supply chains throughout Asia, in what it called a multi-country strategy, or “China Plus One,” to “reduce supply chain dependency on China alone” is a strong approach.

A new survey released this week by global research and advisory company Gartner examines how the trend of moving sourcing and manufacturing operations out of China is on the rise, for global supply chain leaders. Entitled “Weathering the Storm: Supply Chain Resilience in an Age of Disruption,” the survey is based on feedback from 260 global supply chain leaders, whom were polled over February and March.

At a time when the combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing United States-China trade war continue to have a detrimental effect on container shipping, and the supply chain, at large, the head of the nation’s largest port says it is time for the port to reinvent itself. That was the word from Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles (POLA).

This paper addresses two main questions; What are the potential impacts on carbon emissions of electric long haul trucks in China, and what are the barriers to the adoption of electric long haul trucks in China?

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Chris Rogers, research director for global trade intelligence firm Panjiva.

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Chris Rogers, research director for global trade intelligence firm Panjiva.

This report details the findings of PwC China in partnership with AmCham China and AmCham Shanghai the results of two joint surveys that study the supply chain impacts of recent events on American companies operating in China.

This white paper contains insights from recent interviews with leading organizations on how they are responding to the new coronavirus crisis.

Two recent industry surveys indicate that China and other key Pacific Rim markets remain resilient as the recent pandemic recedes.