Charting SanDisk’s spectacular consensus smash
Italian label has been investigating since 2020 as allegations of worker exploitation plague luxury industry
Manufacturing setbacks undermine company’s efforts to become US champion in advanced chipmaking
Auto groups buy wafers from chipmaker’s Dutch arm and ship them to its Chinese unit to avoid output stoppages
Consumers shun artificial evergreens as levies increase prices
Small, often invisible barriers to trade affect products from businesses across Europe, including a fluffy Ikea pachyderm
Stand-off had threatened global carmaker supply chains
Executives warn production lines could stop within weeks as the Dutch chipmaker is not sending products to China unit
Beijing had blocked exports of vital carmaking component after row with Dutch government
Their role powering the growth of key industries means we cannot ignore economic security risks
Beijing, Brussels and Washington are all searching for the most efficient way to gum up their adversaries’ supply chains
Carmakers say disruption to chip supplies could affect production amid calls for diplomatic solution to dispute
Carve-outs are for heavy vehicles and their parts that are compliant with Donald Trump’s 2020 trade pact
Industry warns of disruption to European production following Beijing’s retaliation for Dutch government’s seizure
Scott Bessent says Washington will retaliate if Beijing proceeds with policy on rare earths and critical minerals
The Dutch seizure of Nexperia shows how ensnared the EU is in the US-China tech war
Chief executive Jamie Dimon says US too dependent on ‘unreliable’ sources of materials ‘essential’ to national security
Retailer expands use of devices to monitor 90mn pallet deliveries a year from warehouses to its 4,600 US outlets
Health technology, from stents to CAT scanners, was historically exempt from import duties for ethical reasons
After second devaluation of the naira, manufacturers overhauled supply chains to source more materials domestically
Coping is perhaps as much about developing a mentality as it is about research or the unending quest for better data
Buying new can be hard to resist — patronising small brands with transparent supply chains is a good place to start
Congress cannot afford to allow the Defense Production Act to expire
The disruption that is hitting the manufacturing sector could come for healthcare next
Cashmere brand becomes fifth fashion house to be monitored in probe into labour rights violations in Italian supply chains
