Supply Chain Research

The EU is set to take a harder stance on exports of COVID-19 vaccines though it may face retaliation in supplies of key ingredients. The creation of Canadian Pacific Kansas City may simplify U.S. rail operations as the USMCA trade deal takes effect. Also: empty container handling imbalance widens, farm goods exports soaring; ZIM Shipping quintuples contracts, bolsters volume growth in 2021; U.S. oil import pickup arriving sooner than Saudi Aramco’s demand view; first calls to fast friends may only have slow results; and ONE is the latest to park Myanmar service.