In our weekly news roundup a couple of weeks ago, we briefly reported on the World Trade Organization’s trade figures for 2011. Because global trade is an important topic for supply chain professionals, I thought it was worth digging just a bit deeper.
As reported in the WTO press release, “World trade expanded in 2011 by 5 percent, a sharp deceleration from the 2010 rebound of 13.8… Continue reading
Should I be concerned that Opening Day for the (1 win, 5 losses) Red Sox falls on Friday the 13th?
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Lots of news to get to this week, especially related to global trade, so let’s get right into it:
“Rare Earth Element supply is a supply chain risk management issue, with national security implications…If President Obama and Congress are betting our future on building a green economy, I hope they understand that it’s most critical components are Made in China.”
I wrote those words more than 2.5 years ago in “Our Green Economy is ‘Made in China’,” and after years of rising tensions over this issue, the… Continue reading
We finally got some snow yesterday, just in time for Little League baseball tryouts this weekend. If the law of averages holds true, then I’m betting we’ll get more “snow-outs” than rain-outs this spring.
In this week’s news…
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