Beijing’s actions in the Indo-Pacific may be having an unintended effect—pushing countries that are often at odds with each other to become friends. South Korea and Japan held their first economic security dialogue joined by the U.S. in Hawaii.
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is critical in building more integrated, resilient, and secure supply chains for all three North American country’s governments, industries, and civil societies. It sets rules and market access commitments for business and lays the foundation for expanding investment into complex and capital-intensive manufacturing and supply chains across North America. On […]
The Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is vowing to expel all Chinese goods and materials from the United States’s defense supply chains. Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) said that he would lead the effort to expunge China-sourced goods during a Feb. 8 hearing of the committee on the subject of defense-industrial base security. “The […]
Even though China is moving away from its zero-COVID-19 policy, European investors may not change their minds on decoupling and shifting supply chains anytime soon. That’s according to Chris Humphrey, Executive director of the EU-ASEAN business council. The organization represents European businesses in Southeast Asia.
ClearPath senior program director Alex Fitzsimmons told NTD how the United States and its allies can build secure supply chains independent of foreign adversaries, after General Motors announced it’s planning to invest up to $69 million in an Australian company to secure a new source of nickel and cobalt for its electric cars.
For companies that are investing abroad, in China for instance—that may soon become more difficult. Lawmakers just proposed a new compromise to a bill that’s mostly aimed at bolstering U.S. competitiveness with China. The new draft now includes other adversarial nations as well over national security concerns. Congress is pushing ahead legislation designed to protect […]
An expert breaks down what’s really going on with China’s supply chains. NTD speaks to Vishrut Rana is a Singapore-based economist at S&P Global Ratings. That strategy may work for some specific products, like how microchip or semiconductor makers are moving to Vietnam.
