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Jeff Rubin was CIBC global chief economist for some 20 years, a leading authority on oil, and much sought-after keynote speaker. He has developed and published ground-breaking insights on the lesser known aspects of oil in globalisation and the modern economy, been rated as a top economist throughout his career, and is an award-winning author.
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The top ten supply chain risks this year include raw material shortages, safety recalls, climate change and containership fires – alongside more obvious concerns, such as trade wars and the economy.
A report on supply chain resilience, published this morning by DHL, examines the biggest risks and where supply chains are most vulnerable.
Top concern is that trade wars will lead to restructured supply chains: Harley Davidson’s decision to move manufacturing from the US to …
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Supply chains are becoming increasingly regionalised, particularly in Asia and Europe, while trade intensity is in decline, according to new research on globalisation published today.
While trade is still growing in absolute terms, cross-border goods have declined from 28.1% of the total share in 2007 to 22.5% in 2017, and volume growth has slowed from 2.1 times faster than GDP to 1.1, according to McKinsey’s Globalisation in Transition: the future of …
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