Global Commodity Prices Plateau, Threatening Inflation Targets Amid Geopolitical Tensions

Global commodity prices, which sharply declined last year contributing to a reduction in global inflation, have now stabilized, posing challenges… Read More

Trump’s State of the Union: Infrastructure and Trade

Peter Buxbaum 4:41 AM  1/31/2018

Trade and infrastructure were front and center in President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address last night. The question… Read More

Modernizing NAFTA Matters

Ralph Carter 12:48 AM  1/31/2018

This week and last negotiators from the United States, Canada, and Mexico met in Montreal to update the regional North… Read More

Court Martials for US Naval Personnel Over Cargo Vessel Collisions

Peter Buxbaum 12:29 AM  1/31/2018

The United States Navy is preferring charges against individual service members in relation to collisions with cargo ships by the… Read More

TrueCommerce EDI Helps BPL Plasma Automate Purchasing Transactions

Haylle Sok 12:24 AM  1/31/2018

A long-time leader in the plasma collection industry uses TrueCommerce EDI to automate the exchange of outbound purchase orders and… Read More

WATCH: Future of Autonomous Air Cargo

Haylle Sok 12:09 AM  1/31/2018

Boeing is accelerating breakthrough advancements in autonomous air travel. The company recently completed initial flight tests of an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL)… Read More

Ending NAFTA: A Big Hit to US and State Economies

Peter Buxbaum 12:43 AM  1/30/2018

A new report prepared by Trade Partnership Worldwide for the Business Roundtable finds that a termination of the North American… Read More

China’s Belt and Road Initiative: What Does it All Mean?

Peter Buxbaum 12:32 AM  1/30/2018

On May 14, 2017, twenty-nine national leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, were among… Read More

Digital Supply Chains Mean Better Planning For Large-Scale Projects

Haylle Sok 12:24 AM  1/30/2018

Digitalization paves the way for more reliable planning when implementing complex, large-scale projects and the accompanying logistics processes. That’s the… Read More

Amazon’s HQ2: Which Cities Really Have What it Takes

Peter Buxbaum 12:01 AM  1/30/2018

To hear most media outlets tell the story, any of the 20 metropolitan areas on Amazon’s shortlist for the site… Read More

Is Trump Ready to Embark On Trade War?

Fragkiskos Filippaios 12:54 AM  1/29/2018

Recently, the US administration decided in favor of the introduction of trade barriers on the imports of washing machines and… Read More

Piloting Blockchain Payment System For Bulk Shipping

Haylle Sok 12:32 AM  1/29/2018

The global shipping industry is one of the oldest in the world and a trillion-dollar business. In fact nearly all… Read More