Many shippers have modified their operations to adapt in a COVID-19 world. In some cases, that’s meant responding to supply challenges. In others, it’s meant changing their manufacturing process to produce badly needed safety equipment.
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A COVID-19 Vaccine Will Have Rippling Supply Chain Effects
This will certainly go down in history as one of the most challenging years shippers have ever faced. However, it is the events that may unfold in the months ahead that will be written about in articles and industry textbooks for years and even decades to come.
Topics: Freight Handling
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Yukon Outfitters: Pivoting In A Pandemic
It would be fair to say that Yukon Outfitters has always had a knack for “adaptation.” For proof, you don’t have to look any further than the story of how the company got its start.
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Visual Comfort & Co.: Investing In Tech, Investing In People
It's a story as American as apple pie: A lighting salesman begins tinkering with manufacturing designs of his own, using nights and weekends to build lamps in his garage. Over time, he starts selling them to mom-and-pop lighting stores, until he can afford to buy a space in a popular industry trade show.
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Shippers And The Pandemic Dilemma
The first half of 2020 was one of the most challenging periods in modern history for communities and shippers. While planning for supply chain disruptions has always been a standard practice for shippers, it is fair to say that no one could have anticipated the dilemmas that came as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Road Ahead: Ground Freight Amid COVID-19
In the early part of 2020, many businesses across the globe were temporarily shut down due to local
mandates and precautionary measures. As a result, sales across many different industries significantly
slowed.
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Duties Under List 3 & List 4A From China May Be Refunded
As many of you may know, there have been a significant number of US importers that import products from China that have been severely impacted by Section 301 duties covering several specific items over the past two years.
Topics: International Tariffs
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'Made in Hong Kong' Must Now Say 'Made in China'
In response to a new security law imposed by China on the citizens of Hong Kong, the Trump Administration on July 14 removed the special trading privileges that had been in place for Hong Kong, and changed them to reflect the current trading relationship with the People's Republic of China.
Topics: International Tariffs
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What You Need To Know About The New USMCA
June 30, 2020 marked the end of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The NAFTA was put into place in 1994 to bolster trade between the US, Canada, and Mexico by reducing or eliminating trade barriers — primarily tariffs (duties). The agreement increased trade between the three nations from $290 billion in 1993 to more than $1.3 trillion in 2017.
