Supply Chain Research

The deteriorating state of trade relations between the U.S. and China featured in seven of the top 10 articles read by Panjiva’s subscribers in April. President Trump’s section 301 review suggested duties on $46.4 billion of products across 1,333 categories (led by TVs and cars). That drew immediate retaliation by China (coming on top of an earlier set of duties responding to America’s duties on steel and aluminum) with 106 targets, which in turn led President Trump to call for an even wider range of targets. Meetings in May will determine whether the sabers will be drawn, or just rattle...