Technological developments in supply chains will accelerate in 2020 with Internet-of-Things, graph theory and blockchain yielding efficiency improvements, cutting costs and reducing emissions. K+N will continue to expand with Asian acquisitions. Also: VF Corp’s North Face tariff chill set to pass; phase 1 trade deal too late to save agrochemicals in 2020; It’s about time – the future for global supply chains; more evidence for duality of EU-U.S. trade risks; Trump’s purchases-for-access formula to be repeated for India; Tariff net widens for steel and aluminum, may score a foul; good to ...