Much has been said about the prohibitive cost of moving complex manufacturing supply chains back to the United States, but something far more fundamental stands in the way of the Trump administration's "Made in America" aspirations, as the country struggles with a years-long deficit of skilled workers willing to take those jobs on in the first place. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. had an estimated 450,000 unfilled manufacturing positions as of February 2025, and...

The Trump administration's threat of tariffs aimed at balancing trade deficits and bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. are already rippling through Southeast Asia’s apparel and garment sector, threatening the delicate economies of countries long relied upon by some of the world's biggest retailers for low-cost, high-volume production. "Companies that shifted production to Southeast Asia to avoid China tariffs now face the same vulnerability, with no obvious plus-one alternative," says...

As climate change has intensified, extreme weather events, shifting temperatures and unpredictable rainfall have disrupted global food supply chains, threatening the stability of everything from staple crops to the cans on supermarket shelves. In the years to come, the effects of climate change on the price and availability for a variety of foods are going to be substantial, says food scientist Dr. Bryan Quoc Le. "It's going to be more difficult to grow anything," he warns, using natural...

There isn't a whole lot of overlap between the politics of Donald Trump and Joe Biden, but one thing they both have appeared to agree on is that something must be done to curb the flow of cheap, duty-free Chinese imports. While Biden got the ball rolling on those changes in the closing days of his presidency, Trump has opted for a much more aggressive approach that could soon send shockwaves through supply chains across the globe. Current U.S. de minimis requirements allow any individual or...