Demand for China to Europe Rail Freight Surging
China is the European Union’s largest trading partner. Last year, more than USD $550 billion worth of goods made its way from China to Europe (Statista) – 20.5% of the EU’s total imports (Eurostat). The vast majority of that freight moved via ocean container....
Friendshoring Strategy: Merits & Myths
Friendshoring. Sounds like a nice word, doesn’t it? It evokes images of two countries holding hands and happily walking down the path to duty-free trade. But shifting production to more “tariff-friendly” countries isn’t necessarily the free pass some think it is....
Will Expansion of U.S. 301 Tariffs Send China Plus One Strategies into Hyperdrive?
President Biden’s recent expansion of 301 tariffs on certain China imports may send corporate China Plus One (C+1) initiatives into hyperdrive as more and more manufacturers relocate production from China to tariff-friendly countries in Southeast Asia and India....
