Un nuevo informe del Instituto Global McKinsey revela que las tensiones geopolíticas están reestructurando los patrones comerciales globales, con Estados Unidos y China en el centro de la realineación. El análisis, que examina los datos comerciales hasta 2024, muestra que las economías se operan...
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McKinsey: Geopolitical partners trading more with one another, less with rivals
A new report from the McKinsey Global Institute reveals that geopolitical tensions are reshaping global trade patterns, with the United States and China at the center of the realignment. The analysis, which examines trade data through 2024, shows that economies are increasingly trading more with geopolitically aligned partners and less with rivals.
The report cites ongoing U.S.-China trade tensions and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as key drivers of the trend. “The most significant ongoing shift...
If globalization is really over, what happens to supply chains?
Tariffs, COVID, port pileups, the Ever Given, the Russia-Ukraine war, mounting U.S.-China tensions — it seems like threats to world trade are the rule, not the exception. What does this mean to the future of global supply chains?
The positive view: Importers see the risks ahead and will act. They will preemptively revamp supply chains and become nimbler and more resilient. Economic benefits of globalization are too great to give up. Countries and companies will work around hurdles.
“No one can...
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Daily Infographic: The Cost of Shipping
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COVID-19 reveals lack of flexibility, leadership in supply chains
The COVID-19 pandemic has led businesses to rethink their logistics operations, as they bore the brunt of the pandemic while it disrupted sourcing operations. Countries closed their borders, and cities as well as entire regions went into lockdown, causing demand for nonessential items to plummet even as demand for essential goods skyrocketed. Though logistical turmoil of this scale has never been seen before, it reinforces the importance of future-proofing supply chains.
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East Coasts ports optimistic for post-coronavirus recovery
Officials from South Carolina and New York/New Jersey ports see an end in sight to blanked sailings and lower volumes.
“Despite what’s happening right now, we are very optimistic. We think May and June is going to be the worst of it in terms of COVID impacts and then I think we’re going to bounce back quite strong,” Sam Ruda, marine director for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), told the Agriculture Transportation Coalition (AgTC) during its virtual annual meeting Thursday.
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