-Glocalization to help help with supply chain woes?
-New EV US tax incentive
-Private fleets save the day?
-20 years after the WTO admitted China
-Investing in Made in America
-Port Trucking Concerns
-US Nuclear for Clean Energy
-Foldable Ocean Containers?
-Technology Reducing FTL Price and Volatility?
-”We’re Having Supply Chain Issues”
-Rail Industry Has Been Quiet
-Tunnels as a Way to Deliver.
-Transportation’s Key Role in Inflation
-Parcel Rate Increases for 2022
-Walmart and Labor Market
-COP26 & Zero Emission Shipping Lanes
-Crowd Sourcing the Final Mile
-US Military to Deal with the Backlog
-Retruns are Ripe for Disruption in 2022
-US and EU+ Agreement on Steel
-New $100 Demurrage Per Day
-Rail Relief in Utah
-US Tariffs & Trade Deficit
-Warehousing in Short Supply
-Cyber Attacks on Supply Chains
-Uberization of the Sky
-Tesla Joining the $1T Club
-Tesla Semi Truck Update
-Cold Wars and Trade: Hyper Speed Weapons
-”SCARP”: Supply Chain Aid Recovery Program
-Container Congestion Trickles Down
-Electrification of the Final Mile
-Standardizing a Minimum for Corporate Taxes
-Future of the Gas Tax?
-The Need for Equity in Economic Recovery
-Roaring 20’s Coming to a Close? Not yet.
-China’s Strong-ARMing - The Great Chip Heist
-Trade Secretary to Begin an Exemption Process
-Airlines to Zero Carbon by 2050, on a Net Basis
-Steamship Lines to Buy Aircraft
-The Holidays Are Going to Look Different
-Fertilizer Plant Closures and Export Bans
-Costco Rations and Supply Chain Moves
-Lifting of the International Travel Ban
-Surprise US Defense Alliance
-Union Pacific’s New Fees
-Real Leadership on E-commerce
-Regulating Activities in “Final Mile” Warehouses
-Adding Containers to Bulk Cargo Ships
-Big Boxes Taking a Play from Amazon
-Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism
-Supply Chain Programs as the New MBA?
-Airlines' Business Travel Problem
-301 Tariff Court Case Gets Bigger
-Maersk Rolling out Carbon Neutral Vessels
-Food Safety Issues Dominate
-Logtech or Transtech is Coming
-Transportation Assets as a Limiting Factor
-Has Global Trade Post Pandemic “Peaked?”
-Emergency Declaration to Waive Regulation
-Does Black Rock Know Something We Don’t?
What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Pete Mento of Mento, LLC and Doug Draper of ACME Distribution cover:
-Kansas City Southern Rail Update. 2:06
-What does the fall of Afghanistan mean for the broader world of global trade? 9:30
-Christmas is Cancelled 19:41
-Retail Store Front is Coming Back this Fall 23:50
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What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Pete Mento of Mento, LLC and Doug Draper of ACME Distribution cover:
-EU’s ‘Fit for 55’ plan to reduce carbon emissions. Central to the EU’s plan is a carbon border tax.
5:15
-Compliance, ESG, Sustainability, and Greenhouse Gas Initiatives
9:48
-Air capacity going down as air passengers go up.
18:23
-Lessons from Shein (Chinese online only women’s e-trailer) on order flow and manufacturing.
24:52