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2 months ago

India poised to gain from Trump’s potential tariff hike on China, says report

Following Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential elections, a report from CareEdge suggests that India could benefit from potential shifts in global trade dynamics if Trump moves forward with plans to impose high tariffs on Chinese imports. Such policies aim to reduce the U.S. dependence on Chinese imports, a move that could disrupt established trade channels and prompt companies …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Walmart cutting imports from China and shifting towards India: Report

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The world’s largest retailer, Walmart, is increasingly turning towards India for imports while reducing its dependence on China. As per a Reuters report, the data from Import Yeti revealed that between January 2023 and August 2023, 25 per cent of US imports were from India. In May 2023, Walmart’s Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon met India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi …

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2 years ago

Top 10 countries across the lithium-ion battery supply chain

China Daily

China remains top of the global lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking for three consecutive years, and will continue to dominate the supply chain through 2027, said the BloombergNEF, a research provider covering the global commodity market, on Nov 12. According to BloombergNEF, China currently hosts 75 percent of all battery cell manufacturing capacity and 90 percent of anode and electrolyte …

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3 years, 2 months ago

US factory production falls reflecting backlogged supply chains

Al Jazeera

Total industrial production, which also includes mining and utility output, fell 1.3 percent last month. Production at U.S. factories fell by the most in seven months in September, in part reflecting a sharp pullback in the manufacturing of motor vehicles as well as broader backlogged supply chains and materials shortages. Total industrial production, which also includes mining and utility output, …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Business Highlights: Merck drug, auto sales slum

Associated Press

___ Biden at Capitol as Democrats scale back $3.5T plan WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has traveled to Capitol Hill as Democrats strain to rescue a scaled back version of his $3.5 trillion government overhaul and salvage a related public works bill. ___ Merck says COVID-19 pill cuts risk of death, hospitalization WASHINGTON — Drugmaker Merck says its experimental COVID-19 …

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3 years, 3 months ago

In Quad’s Semiconductor Gambit against China, India Stands to Gain

News 18

Traditionally, the semiconductor supply chain has operated in the background, enabling everything from everyday appliances and devices to cutting-edge defence equipment. This is why a multilateral approach such as the Quad’s Semiconductor Supply Chain Initiative makes sense. Collectively, the Quad has most of the building blocks to make the semiconductor supply chain resilient and China-free. For example, Australia could host …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Fresh steps to upgrade traditional manufacturing industry in Quzhou

China Daily

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated :2021-08-18 Quzhou city, located in East China's Zhejiang province, is striving to upgrade its 2.0 version traditional manufacturing industry through integration and digital transformation, according to local media reports on Aug 10. Traditional manufacturing sector helps Quzhou achieve growth Quzhou has rolled out a series of policies and regulations relating to six industrial upgrading projects for special purpose …

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3 years, 7 months ago

India can help change global supply chains: Foreign minister Jaishankar

Hindustan Times

Union minister of external affairs S Jaishankar on Thursday spoke on shaping the post-coronavirus era with a specific relevance to the role that Asia would play at the 26th ‘Future of Asia’ Conference organized by Nikkei. Foreign minister S Jaishankar He said among other things coronavirus disease has reshaped the world by changing the perceptions and calculations of nations about …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Union Cabinet approves 2 lakh crore worth PLI scheme for 10 sectors

Live Mint

NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved production-linked incentives for 10 sectors, including auto, pharmaceuticals, and textiles, worth almost 2 lakh crore to boost manufacturing, make India self reliant and generate employment. The decision of the Union Cabinet was announced by information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar along with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi. Among sectors, auto …

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4 years, 2 months ago

A Plan to Fix the US Bike Shortage

Wired

On an early Saturday morning, the line to get into the nonprofit bike shop Gearin up Bicycles wraps around the block in the Eckington neighborhood of Washington, DC. “It’s really hard to get anything bike-related since the pandemic started, because so many warehouses manufacturing the bikes shut down,” assistant manager Daiquan Medley says. “China went to bed and took a …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Medical supply chain shortages led to deadly consequences

Associated Press

Despite decades of warnings about the fragility of the supply lines that brought protective gear from overseas factories to America’s health care workers, the U.S. was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic and failed to react quickly. __ EDITOR’S NOTE — This story is part of an ongoing investigation by The Associated Press, the PBS series “FRONTLINE,” and the Global Reporting …

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4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak highlighted vulnerabilities in medical manufacturing supply chain: Fitch Solutions

Firstpost

New Delhi: With pharmaceutical supply chains under immense pressure due to COVID-19, China’s role as a global ingredient producer has come under scrutiny, Fitch Solutions has said. As per the report, as trade war has heightened discussion over the national security implications of manufacturing new technologies abroad, COVID-19 has highlighted vulnerabilities in the medical manufacturing supply chain, most notably in …

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