DC Velocity - December 2018

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The impact of U.S. trade tensions with China is starting to show up in the numbers, says blogger Steve Geary. According to the Census Bureau, in September 2018, the U.S. imported over $50 billion in goods from China, an all-time monthly record, as companies stocked up ahead of the threatened tariffs. Whether you think the tariffs are good or bad, what’s undeniable is that they’re causing uncertainty in the supply chain, and any company that relies on China as a source of supply is facing risk. Read his post “Channel stuffing on an international scale” at blogs.dcvelocity.com/public_sector_logistics/.

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