A clean energy future hinges on minerals such as copper, cobalt, lithium, and rare earth elements. But the race to secure ...

The pandemic underscored U.S. dependence on imports from China for essential goods such as personal protective equipment (PPE), precursor chemicals for vaccines, other medical supplies, and computer ...

Analyst Insight: Supply chains are undergoing a dramatic and generational economic reshuffling. Mexico — already the United States' top trading partner — is emerging as a pivotal player in the ...

The era of predictable, cost-optimized global supply chains seems to be coming to an end. Many businesses face perpetual disruption from geopolitical tensions, economic nationalism and pandemic ...

The trend of re-shoring picked up rapidly after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 800,000 manufacturing jobs re-shored from 2020 through 2022. Now, near-shoring is viewed by many businesses as ...