Supply Chain Research

The attack on a Saudi Aramco facility may have a limited direct effect on U.S. oil imports – Saudi was only a small part of U..S. imports and buyers were only occasional. Container-lines operating on U.S.-inbound routes had a tough August. Also: Pernod Ricard and LVMH raise U.S. supplies after building pre-Brexit inventories; tariff burden sharing by Chinese exporters rising as U.S. import prices fall; Dollarama imports surge, worries about trade war’s impact on innovation; COSCO keeps clear of California’s nighmare August; global trade’s summer sun already fading; and a cars-for-wine de...