global supply chains
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Today's Pickup
Today’s Pickup: Drivers and delivery workers demand hazard pay and safety equipment
logistics workers demand hazard pay; customer traffic fell across storefronts last week; supply chains will diversify post-epidemic.
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Trucking
Commentary: Transportation plays a key role in the war on COVID-19
Darren Prokop writes about the key role that transportation in the war against COVID-19 - particularly trucks.
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Trade and Compliance
Commentary: COVID-19 and supply chain force majeure collide
The Chinese government is using the reason "Acts of God" to void many contracts due to coronavirus. Darren Prokop explores whether that is hurting current…
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AskWaves
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News
Today’s Pickup: UPS partners with self-driving startup Waymo to deliver parcels
UPS partners with Waymo for delivery; Coronavirus could decline Chinese production; research breakout in fuel cell technology
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Supply Chains
Commentary: Davos 2020 is about supply chains, disguised as climate change
The World Economic Forum opened today. Climate change is the most-feared risk of respondents to a WEF poll. Brian Aoaeh comments that disruption of global…
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Asia-Pacific
South Asia stands to gain from prolonged US-China trade war
Resilience360’s report on the impact of U.S.-China trade war discusses the uncertainty it has brought to global trade.
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Last Mile
Is the U.S. final mile market size $8 billion or $417 billion?
Market Expert David Faulkenberry writes about the increasingly important "final mile" and why estimates of its size vary so widely.
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New Tech
Innovation in global supply chains will be driven by consumer attitudes towards climate change
For a long time supply chains have been regulated to the very distant background. That is changing, and I think it is faster than we…
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Company earnings
Agility reports large increase in second quarter profitability
Global logistics provider Agility (DFM: AGLTY) reported a 20 percent increase in net profit for the second quarter of 2019. Agility reported a more modest…
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