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    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      Renewable energy
      US warns green transition raises ‘complex’ China security concerns

      Beijing is prepared to weaponise its control of mineral sectors vital to renewable power, says energy secretary Jennifer Granholm

      US energy secretary Jennifer Granholm
    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      Solar power
      Solar supply chains must diversify away from China, warns EDP

      Energy company turns to alternative supply sources after US import legislation causes delays

      Workers on a photovoltaic panel module production line at a factory in China’s Guizhou province
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      Markets InsightPaul Donovan
      Is China exporting deflation to the rest of the world?

      Profit margins in supply chains will limit the spread of downward pressure on prices through exports

      The Yangshan container port in Shanghai,
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      World Trade Organization
      WTO warns about fragmentation of global trade into allied blocs

      Countries are switching supply chains to less efficient exporters and risking higher costs and conflict, says report

      WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Chinese business & finance
      Tech suppliers in China skip seasonal hiring rush amid weak demand

      Lack of usually lucrative temp work this summer also blamed on shifting supply chains

      Employees during lunch at a Foxconn plant in Henan province, China
    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      News in-depthTechnology sector
      Supply chain shortages delay tech sector’s AI bonanza

      Server production hampered by tight stocks of Nvidia processors and other components

      A close-up view of Nvidia’s H100 AI processor
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Simon Fraser
      Business deserves deeper insight into the security threats the UK faces

      Occasional feel-good meetings between handpicked CEOs and top ministers are not enough

      Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and US President Joe Biden speak at the start of the meeting of the North Atlantic Council on the first day of the 2023 NATO Summit on July 11
    • Monday, 14 August, 2023
      News in-depthFoxconn Technology Group
      iPhone maker Foxconn’s cautious pivot to India shows limits of ‘China plus one’

      Apple supplier still relies on Chinese plants for 75% of global operations

      A worker at the mobile phone plant of Rising Stars Mobile India, a unit of Foxconn Technology, in Sriperumbudur, India
    • Sunday, 13 August, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      Multinationals turn to generative AI to manage supply chains

      Geopolitical tensions and new laws requiring companies to monitor environmental and human rights abuses in their supply networks drive interest

    • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
      The Big Read
      How China cornered the market for clean tech

      The country is the biggest supplier of materials vital for the energy transition. That could give it geopolitical leverage

      Illustration of a giant red hand with the yellow stars from China’s flag on it, clutching a handful of solar panels and wind turbines against a background with symbols of critical mineral from the periodic table
    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      Markets InsightDaniel Blake
      Moving towards a multipolar world need not be a bad thing

      There are three good reasons for carefully de-risking the global economy

      An employee works at a chip manufacturing company in China
    • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
      HP to move production of millions of computers to Thailand and Mexico

      Company follows Dell and Apple in diversifying supply chain beyond China

      Composite image of the HP logo on a laptop, Mexico flag and Thailand flags
    • Friday, 21 July, 2023
      The Top LineEmiliya Mychasuk
      Climate change turns up the heat on supply chains

      ‘Buy local’ becomes part of the corporate mantra in building business resilience to climate change

      Workers in Spain pick strawberries: Aldi in Germany is now choosing locally sourced strawberries and asparagus
    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
      AT&T Inc
      AT&T’s $13bn pile of puzzling payables

      Ceci n’est pas une supply-chain finance programme

    • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
      Deutsche Post DHL Group
      DHL invests €500mn in Latin America as clients expand supply chains beyond China

      Logistics group is building new warehouses across alternative manufacturing hubs including Mexico, Malaysia and Vietnam

    • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
      The Big Read
      Artisanal mining: the struggle to clean up a murky industry

      Small-scale miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo are risking their lives to source a metal critical for the energy transition

    • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
      Special ReportFT Business School Insights
      How business doctorates can deliver real-world change

      A watch executive’s sustainability research highlights how DBAs have practical impact

    • Tuesday, 4 July, 2023
      News in-depthUS-China trade dispute
      China’s curb on metal exports reverberates across chip sector

      Beijing’s move to impose restrictions follows escalating US controls on technology

      A gallium oxide wafer
    • Tuesday, 4 July, 2023
      FT SeriesTech Champions
      Call for entries: FT Tech Champions 2023

      Which UK and European companies are using technology to thrive amid economic and geopolitical crises?

    • Monday, 3 July, 2023
      Vietnam
      Vietnam becomes vital link in supply chain as business pivots from China

      Rising investment amid geopolitical tensions puts infrastructure under strain

    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
      News in-depthBrexit
      UK manufacturers warn Brexit is undermining their place in EU supply chains

      High-end industry is particularly at risk, heightening Britain’s productivity crisis, economists warn

    • Monday, 26 June, 2023
      Trade Secrets
      Germany’s global supply chains under scrutiny over forced Chinese labour Premium content

      Germany’s new due diligence law is attracting complaints about abuse of Uyghur workers in carmaking plants

      Shanghai Volkswagen, a joint venture between Volkswagen Group and SAIC Motor
    • Monday, 26 June, 2023
      UK economy
      Shortage of HGV mechanics threatens UK supply chains, warns sector

      Industry leaders say the UK could suffer a repeat of the empty shelves that hit shops in 2021

      Industry leaders say mechanics are increasingly leaving to drive HGVs
    • Sunday, 25 June, 2023
      InterviewVietnam
      Vietnam must take ‘aggressive’ action to meet growth goals, says finance minister

      Export-driven manufacturing hub has been hit hard by drop in demand amid global economic slowdown

      Vietnam’s finance minister Ho Duc Phoc
    • Tuesday, 20 June, 2023
      Human rights
      Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes hit by Xinjiang forced labour complaint

      Carmakers are the target of one the first cases brought under Germany’s new supply chain law

      Shanghai Volkswagen, a joint venture between Volkswagen Group and SAIC Motor
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