A new regulation aims to rid the palm oil supply chain of imports that come from former forestland. Southeast Asian countries say it threatens livelihoods.
Category: Supply Chain
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Chip Makers Searching for ‘China Plus 1’ Are Finding Malaysia
A flood of American and European companies are expanding there and around Southeast Asia, a sign of how geopolitics is reshaping tech manufacturing.
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Chipmakers Seek More Than $70 Billion in Federal Subsidies
Gina Raimondo, the commerce secretary, said new investments would put the U.S. on track to produce roughly 20% of the world’s most advanced logic chips by the end of the decade.
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Biden Targets a New Economic Villain: Shrinkflation
Liberals prodded the president for years to blame big corporations for price increases. He is finally doing so, in the grocery aisle.
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New Freighters Could Ease Red Sea Cargo Disruptions
Analysts and shipping executives say the expect costs to fall later this year as companies receive vessels they ordered two to three years ago.
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U.S. Awards $1.5 Billion to Chipmaker GlobalFoundries
The grant will go toward chips for the auto and defense industries, and is the largest award to date from $39 billion in government funding.
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US Agencies Start Inquiry Into Generic Drug Shortages
The F.T.C. and H.H.S. are examining the tactics of group purchasing organizations that generic industry executives say have led to scarce supplies of treatments like chemotherapy.
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Inflation Was Higher Than Expected in January, a Worrying Sign for the Fed
Overall prices cooled slightly from a year ago, but the report included worrying signs for the Federal Reserve.
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This Arctic Circle Town Expected a Green Energy Boom. Then Came Bidenomics.
Generous subsidies are helping the United States steal green industries from Europe, as countries race to secure the energy supplies of the future.