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22 March 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) and retail

As the world's largest search engines unveiled new AI robots, the artificial intelligence (AI) is taking hold in the value chain of fashion accessories, furniture, apparel and footwear, from optimizing resale experiences, helping shoppers find products that are suitable for reducing returns and customizing the purchase journey.

02 February 2023

Will US-India Strategic Cooperation also have the effect of greater integration of trade value chains between the West and India?

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan received his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval at the White House to formally establish a high-level collaboration in the field of defense, but also emerging technologies. [U.S. and India launch high-level defense and tech initiative - washingtonpost.com]. In January 2023, India’s manufacturing sector saw strong growth, as the sector’s seasonally adjusted performance managers’ index (PMI) was 55.4, marking a nineteenth successive monthly improvement in operating conditions, as per a report by S&P Global. [India witnesses robust growth in manufacturing sector in Jan ...- KNN India]

12 January 2023

Changing value chains with new types of tariff barriers

A South Korean group will invest $2.5 billion in solar manufacturing in the U.S. state of Georgia, to take advantage of tax incentives under the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act. The facilities could provide nearly a fifth of U.S. solar demand. The legislation has “changed the economics of clean-energy investment,” The Wall Street Journal wrote

31 October 2022

Indonesia’s energy boost to decarbonize value chains

Jakarta hopes a new financing mechanism can help Indonesia reach net zero ahead of schedule. According to @NikkeiAsia, the Asian Development Bank would bring outside investment to pay for the purchase and decommissioning of coal plants, and their replacement with renewable sources. [Indonesia's new SOE scheme puts focus on coal phasedown- Nikkey]

09 September 2022

US and Indo-Pacific countries start NON-TPP trade talks to rebalance value chains

The talks include Australia, Brunei, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and the United States. NOT TPP 2.0: Three decades of 'hyperglobalization' had already made the old business model politically toxic." "So the supply chain crisis revealed by COVID has fueled an even broader demand for a new approach that reverses the concentration of production of goods and services in too few companies and countries." [US, Indo-Pacific countries launch new-generation trade talks - The Jakarta Post - The Jakarta Post]

22 August 2022

Invasion war in Ukraine: impact on businesses and value chains

On the indirect consequences of war, such as economic ones with rising inflation: in the UK the first strike in 30 yearsof the workers of the port of Suffolk [Felixstowe: Dock workers strike for first time in 30 years – BBC]

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