Supply Chain

Ep396
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Major Carrier Abruptly Bans Electric Vehicle Shipments
The shipments will stop immediately due to "increasing concern" over safety.
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Shipping containers are loaded onto trucks at CSX Queensgate Rail Yard, May 7, 2025, Cincinnati.
Supply Chain
Exemption Allows Canadian, Mexican Goods to Be Shipped to U.S. Without Tariffs
Goods that comply with the 2020 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement are excluded from the tariffs.
August 6, 2025
President Trump disembarks Air Force One at Lehigh Valley International Airport, Allentown, Pa., Aug. 1, 2025.
Supply Chain
The Latest Financial Numbers Offer Some Economic Warning Signs
Job gains are dwindling, inflation is ticking upward and growth has slowed compared with last year.
August 5, 2025
Shipping containers sit stacked at the Evergreen terminal at the port of Los Angeles, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025.
Supply Chain
Tariffs Leave Lots of Losers, but Even the Winners Will Pay a Price
It's unclear whether anyone will be able to claim victory in the long run.
August 4, 2025
Containers are piled up in a cargo terminal in Frankfurt, Germany, Aug. 1, 2025.
Supply Chain
What Consumers Can Expect from Import Taxes as the U.S. Sets New Tariff Rates
Americans could see an average tax of 18.3% for imported products — the highest rate since 1934.
August 4, 2025
President Donald Trump speaks at an event to promote his proposal to improve Americans' access to their medical records in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Washington.
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Trump Announces 90-Day Negotiating Period with Mexico, 25% Tariff Rates Stay in Place
Trump had recently threatened 30% tariffs on Mexican goods.
July 31, 2025
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American Cable & Harness Receives 2024 Customer Service Award from Kawasaki Motors
August 4, 2025
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, right, stands with President Donald Trump during a dinner at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Fla., March 7, 2020.
Trump Signs Order to Justify 50% Tariffs on Brazil
July 31, 2025
In a Feb. 5, 2018, file photo, the seal of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building, Washington.
Federal Reserve Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged
July 30, 2025
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More Manufacturing Professionals Say Tariffs Will Hurt Industry
July 30, 2025
Tariffs
A List of the Trade Deals the U.S. Has Announced So Far
July 30, 2025
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a press conference after the trade talks between the U.S. and China in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
Tariff Talks Between U.S., China Left in Limbo
July 30, 2025
President Donald Trump, right, speaks with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington.
Trump Announces 25% Tariff on India, Unspecified Penalties for Buying Russian Energy
July 30, 2025
This July 9, 2015, file photo, shows signage outside Procter & Gamble corporate headquarters in downtown Cincinnati.
P&G Price Increases Start Next Month
July 29, 2025
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell during a House Committee on Financial Services hearing on Capitol Hill, June 24, 2025.
Federal Reserve Likely to Stand Pat on Rates This Week
July 29, 2025
President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shake hands, Turnberry, Scotland, July 27, 2025.
Higher Tariffs Part of the Price Europe Was Willing to Pay for Security, Arms for Ukraine
July 29, 2025
In this photo provided by Union Pacific shows from left, Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena shakes hands with Norfolk Southern CEO Mark George at the meeting where both men signed the agreement to merge the two railroads they lead to create the first transcontinental railroad in the United States on Monday, July 28, 2025 in Omaha, Neb.
Union Pacific, Norfolk Seek 1st Transcontinental Railroad Through $85B Merger
July 29, 2025
President Donald Trump talks to workers as he tours U.S. Steel Corporation's Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant, Friday, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pa.
Tariffs Could Squeeze U.S. Factories, Boost Costs by up to 4.5%
July 29, 2025
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August 1, 2025
Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson, center left, gestures as he greets Chinese vice prime minister He Lifeng, center, at Rosenbad before trade talks between the US and China in Stockholm, Sweden, July 28, 2025.
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U.S., China Officials Meet in Stockholm to Discuss How to Ease Trade Tensions
The meeting is set to extend a 90-day pause on Chinese tariffs.
July 28, 2025
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Flurry of Trade Deals Offers Relief for Some Asian Countries, While Others Wait
Overall, economists say the tariffs inevitably will dent growth in Asia and the world.
July 24, 2025
The Lucid Air and Lucid Gravity SUV are both assembled at Lucid's factory in Arizona.
Supply Chain
Lucid Launches Joint Effort to Strengthen Critical Mineral Supply Chain for U.S. Automakers
How Lucid is reshaping U.S. automotive mineral independence.
July 23, 2025
A staff member distributes an extra edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, which reads, 'U.S., a 15% tax on goods imported from Japan,' July 23, 2025, Tokyo.
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Trump Says Trade Deal with Japan Would Impose 15% Tariff
He had threatened a 25% tariff in a letter earlier this month.
July 23, 2025
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell listens during a Senate Committee on Banking hearing, June 25, 2025, Capitol Hill.
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Trump's Attacks on Powell Threaten the Fed's Independence
Why it matters.
July 22, 2025
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Reshoring Index Sheds Light on Manufacturing's Road Ahead
Manufacturers are not walking away from reshoring, but they are pausing to reassess.
July 18, 2025
A visitor looks at Quantum-X800 infiniBand networking platform at the Nvidia booth during the 3rd China International Supply Chain Expo at the China International Exhibition Center, in Beijing, China, Friday, July 18, 2025.
Supply Chain
China Pledges to Crack Down on Illicit Exports of Rare Earths
The country also urged the U.S. to lift more trade restrictions.
July 18, 2025
A Union Pacific train travels through Union, Neb., July 31, 2018.
Supply Chain
Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern Discuss Merger
The move would create the largest railroad in North America and connect the East and West Coasts.
July 18, 2025
President Donald Trump during a meeting with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in the Oval Office, July 16, 2025.
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Trump Says He's 'Highly Unlikely' to Fire Fed Chair After Floating the Idea in Private
He said he had discussed the "concept" of dismissing the Federal Reserve chair.
July 17, 2025
AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File
Supply Chain
U.S. Producer Prices Unchanged with Wholesale Inflation Remaining Under Control
Wholesale prices saw the smallest year-over-year gain since September.
July 16, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Academy of Sciences President Gennady Krasnikov during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
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Trump Wields Tariffs to Sway Putin on Ukraine. Here's How They Might Work, or Not
Energy prices could climb.
July 16, 2025
A family shops in a JaZams toy store, June 27, 2025, Princeton, N.J.
Supply Chain
The Tariff-Driven Inflation that Economists Feared Begins to Emerge
A range of heavily imported products got more expensive.
July 15, 2025
European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic arrives for a meeting of EU trade ministers at the European Council building, Brussels, May 15, 2025.
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EU Ministers Plan Countermeasures to Trump's 'Unacceptable' Tariffs
The move could have repercussions for companies and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic.
July 15, 2025
Earth movers transport soil at a construction site in Beijing, July 11, 2025.
Supply Chain
China's Exports Jump as Tariffs Reprieve Prompts Rush of Orders
Exports to the U.S. fell 16%, but that was less than half the 34.5% drop in the previous month.
July 15, 2025