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Freight drivers and industry associations have reached an agreement on the revision of the collective labour agreement (CCTV), which will be signed this Tuesday, the unions representing these professionals announced.
European governments and businesses are seeking new trading partners and supply-chain options beyond the US and China.
Håkan Samuelsson, Volvo's chief executive, says China is increasingly choosing to manufacture cars locally for domestic consumption and that “the same is happening with the US.” He argues that “electric cars are better; the only drawback is the difficulty of charging them.”
CEO of Dutch giant ASML tempers expectations amid Brussels’ drive to reduce dependence on foreign powers.
European companies are seeking to reduce China's role in global supply chains in response to restrictions on the sale of essential raw materials, a report from the EU Chamber of Commerce in China said today.
The Association of Freight Forwarders of Portugal (APAT) today denounced “absolute logistics chaos” in the country caused by the new Integrated System of Means of Transport and Goods (SiMTeM), which it says is threatening the integrity of the business fabric.
Counterfeiting accounts for US$467 billion a year in world trade, constituting a “significant threat” to the global economy and posing “serious risks” to people and labour markets, according to an OECD report published today.
The expression has come back into use, this time in a more worrying way, to refer to a range of products and services that are practically only available in America, and on which Europe depends.
The issue concerns the accumulation of containers at the Port of Leixões caused by the switch to a new IT system.
Miguel Albuquerque says that 'the unbelievable situation at the Port of Leixões is causing serious disruptions to the region's supply chains'.
