Supply Chain Research

Summer has provided little respite from the dual concerns of trade policy and COVID-19 for our readers, as shown by the most-read reports from August. On trade policy the Trump administration delayed a scheduled meeting with China to determine progress on the phase 1 trade deal. While total Chinese imports of phase 1 products are well behind schedule, purchases in agriculture provided a fig-leaf for the deal to be continued later in the month. With the U.S. Presidential elections looming both candidates have outlined their broad-brush trade policies with tough-on-China, medical supply c...