What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Pete Mento of Mento, LLC and Doug Draper of ACME Distribution cover:

-Ongoing problem with cold chain cost, availability, and reliability. 1:02
-Marijuana Delivery services/growth. Outside looking in. 7:00
-China continues to test imported foods from the US, Canada and Australia for COVID as a non tariff barrier to entry. 21:25
-Manufacturing coming back to US and North American now that supply chain chaos is the new norm. Ex: Peloton setting up shop in OH. 29:40

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What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Pete Mento of Mento, LLC and Doug Draper of ACME Distribution cover:

“WeShip”: Converting malls into fulfillment hubs Big and Small (Tipping point).
Humpty Dumpty Hypothesis: What if the state of things is what is is now?
AirShips to the Rescue. Yes, I said Airships. University of Manitoba research and leading advocate. Is there value?
Chinese Vaccination Rate is about 40%. Lockdowns will impact tech and logistics.

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What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Pete Mento and Doug Draper cover:

-Congress considers new logistics bill
-Record number of new carrier approvals won’t end driver shortage
-US / China Trade Balance
-Rise of Mass Customization

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What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Pete Mento and Doug Draper cover:

-It’s Time to Drop the “E” in Ecommerce
-Connectors for Air Freight
-Are we really at peak inflation yet?
-Rail traffic is up, of course.

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What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Pete Mento and Doug Draper cover:

-FEDEX firing 1400 customers
-Yantian port bedlam due to Covid 19 outbreak.
-Home Depot to reserve a ship for own use?
-Ship owners need to learn from this Covid recovery.

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What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Pete Mento and Doug Draper cover:

-Containers Impacting Agriculture
-Billionaires Not Paying Taxes
-EV Companies Struggling to Make Vehicles
-Biden create a Task Force on Supply Chain

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What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Pete Mento and Doug Draper cover:

-China is proposing new legal tools to manage global sanctions against them for their domestic policies.
-Transportation Rules/Regulations are important…..until no longer convenient.
-The backlogs and the supply chain hassles have backed the toilet up all the way to China. The sewage is spilling out all the way back to the source now.
-Entertainment and Baseball Stadium at Howard Terminal in Oakland?

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What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Pete Mento and Doug Draper cover:

-Drone Delivery isn’t a Silver Bullet
-Why Foreign Trade Zones need a makeover
-E-commerce “surcharges” are coming
-Just in Time met Just in Case during the pandemic: the return of emergency inventory.

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What’s going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Pete Mento and Doug Draper cover:

-Driver Shortage: Needs More Respect & Pay
-US & Canada’s Dairy Trade Issue
-Label Embedded Tracking Tech
-Pete Believes Crypto is a Scam

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What’s going on in Global Trade this Week?

Today Pete Mento and Doug Draper cover:
-Pipeline Cyber Attack
-M&A Explosion in 2021
-Testing the New Rules in the USMCA
-Rate Increase Dead Ahead

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