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Supply chains

  • Thursday, 20 March, 2025
    Nvidia
    Nvidia to spend hundreds of billions on US supply chain, says chief

    Jensen Huang’s pledge follows onshoring plans by other tech companies as Trump trade policies ripple through industry

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  • Thursday, 13 March, 2025
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    Tesla warns Trump administration it is ‘exposed’ to retaliatory tariffs

    Elon Musk’s electric-car maker says levies could make it costlier to produce vehicles in the US

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  • Tuesday, 11 March, 2025
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    From drones and robots to driverless trucks, a look at the technological changes in logistics

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  • Tuesday, 11 March, 2025
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    From hover points to trampoline packaging: how Amazon is aiming to deliver by drone

    US tech group awaiting approval to start flying packages to customers’ doorsteps in northern English town of Darlington

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  • Tuesday, 11 March, 2025
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    Companies seek AI solutions to supply chain fragility

    Logistics networks are becoming ever more complex and brittle

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  • Thursday, 6 March, 2025
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    Trump hands carmakers 1-month reprieve from tariffs

    Carve-out applies to companies operating through US-Mexico-Canada trade pact

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  • Tuesday, 4 March, 2025
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    Companies brace for price pressures as Trump tariffs start to bite

    Manufacturing, retail and food sectors highlight coming shocks after duties on Canada, Mexico and China imposed

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  • Monday, 3 March, 2025
    Automobiles
    How Trump’s tariffs threaten an iconic US pick-up truck

    Chevrolet Silverado’s complex supply chain leaves it particularly vulnerable to a looming trade war

  • Friday, 28 February, 2025
    Automobiles
    Europe’s car suppliers warn they will be unable to absorb Trump tariffs

    US shares in Valeo and Forvia fall sharply amid uncertainty over protectionist measures

    The pavilion of automotive parts supplier Valeo Group on day two of the Paris Motor Show in Paris, France
  • Friday, 21 February, 2025
    Japan warns over threat from China’s chip material export controls

    Officials and executives say gallium rules will upset supply chains for chips and vehicle batteries

    An employee at a semiconductor factory in Binzhou in China’s eastern Shandong province
  • Thursday, 20 February, 2025
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Your Life Is Manufactured — the genius and perils of supply chains

    Academic Tim Minshall’s enthusiastic study of globalised production is also a warning on the loss of local expertise

    A car assembly line with vehicles being built by orange robots
  • Monday, 17 February, 2025
    Rana Foroohar
    Trade isn’t all about Trump

    World business and commerce are changing in ways that have nothing to do with the US president’s tariff threats

    Illustration of three figures pushing three globes of the world away from each other.
  • Sunday, 16 February, 2025
    Solar power
    Japan’s $1.5bn bet on ultra-thin solar cells in challenge to China

    Tokyo aims to disrupt Beijing’s dominance of renewables and reduce fossil fuel dependence

    Perovskite solar cells are installed on the roof of the bus stop at the first transportation terminal of Expo 2025 Osaka, Japan
  • Sunday, 16 February, 2025
    News in-depthChinese business & finance
    China tightens grip on tech, minerals and engineers as trade war spirals

    Groups such as Apple contractor Foxconn hit by efforts to stop knowhow and equipment leaving country

    Foxconn staff, lithium batteries and the Apple and Foxconn logos are shown against the background of the Chinese flag
  • Friday, 14 February, 2025
    Taiwan
    Taiwan pledges US investment boost after Trump’s tariff threat

    US president has accused Taipei of ‘stealing’ American semiconductor industry

    Lai Ching-te stands at a podium during a press conference
  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2025
    Moral Money
    Abuses lurk deep in fashion supply chain Premium content

    New research shows uneven improvements in Bangladesh factory labour standards

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  • Tuesday, 11 February, 2025
    Michelin SA
    Michelin looks at accelerating US investments to counter tariff threat

    French tyremaker says Trump’s policies could make it ‘change its priorities’ to bolster capacity in American factories

    Florent Menegaux, CEO of Michelin
  • Tuesday, 11 February, 2025
    Business InsightJohn Gapper
    What the UK’s largest freezer tells us about future of food

    Automated stores run by global companies such as NewCold have become critical in keeping supermarkets stocked

    NewCold of a facility in Corby
  • Friday, 7 February, 2025
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Managing uncertainty in the Trump age

    Multinationals need to dust off the pandemic playbook to cope with disruption

    A general view shows shipping containers from China at the Port of Los Angeles in California
  • Wednesday, 5 February, 2025
    Chris Miller
    South-east Asia calculates its next move as US and China face off

    Investment is pouring into the region, but extracting value is proving harder than expected

    A worker inspects chips at a semiconductor packaging firm in Ipoh, Malaysia
  • Thursday, 23 January, 2025
    US trade
    Trump’s Mexico tariffs would shift plants to Asia, warns car parts maker

    Sumitomo Electric head says president’s proposed 25% duty would amount to the US ‘strangling’ itself

    Aerial view of tractor trailers queuing at the Ysleta-Zaragoza bridge with multiple lanes of trucks waiting to cross
  • Monday, 13 January, 2025
    Aircraft manufacturing
    Aircraft shortages will drag on for years, predict leasing bosses

    Some executives forecast it will take ‘until the end of the decade’ before supply chain issues are worked out

    An Airbus A220 under construction at the manufacturer’s plant in Quebec, Canada
  • Monday, 13 January, 2025
    Companies move to strengthen supply chains on Trump trade war fears

    Conference Board survey highlights increasing concerns over impact of threatened tariffs on goods and services

    Shipping containers are stacked at Port Newark, New Jersey
  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    Container shipping
    Shipowners switch to smaller vessels as world trade reroutes from China

    Attacks on Red Sea ships have also hit demand for bulkiest carriers

    Aerial view of a Panama-registered cargo ship at the Longtan Wharf of Nanjing Port in China
  • Thursday, 26 December, 2024
    Food & Beverage
    Food groups develop a taste for cocoa alternatives

    High commodity prices and sustainability concerns prompting investment by likes of Mondelēz into lab-grown versions

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