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Art of Supply, hosted by Kelly Barner, draws inspiration from news headlines and expert interviews to bring you insightful coverage of today's complex supply chains.
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Sledgehammers, Crowbars, and the Future of U.S. Trade Policy W/ Jeff Rittener (opens the original)
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"IEEPA, in many ways, I called it the sledgehammer. It was like everything, everywhere, all at once." - Jeff Rittener, International Trade and Compliance Advisor, Rittener Trade Services For more than 30 years, Jeff Rittener, International Trade and Compliance Advisor at Rittener Trade Services, built and led Intel's global trade organization. Now he has his own consulting practice and podcast, Rittener Reflections, and is a Member of the Tesari AI National Security Council. In this episode, Jef
Inside the Rise of Cargo Theft W/ Keith Lewis (opens the original)
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"I want your phone numbers, I want your internet domain, I want everything, your PO box, everything. Now I've become you." - Keith Lewis, Vice President of Operations at Verisk CargoNet A purchased MC (motor carrier) number, sometimes bought for as little as $5,000, can turn a stranger into a fully credentialed trucking company overnight. It can make them look trustworthy enough that you hand them a truckload full of valuable inventory. Keith Lewis, Vice President of Operations at Verisk CargoNe
Detroit can build it, but can Detroit source it? (opens the original)
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"We are on borrowed time." - Army Major General John Ferrari On July 20th, President Trump signed an executive order making it dramatically harder for defense contractors to buy critical materials from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. Seven days later, the U.S. Army handed Ford and GM prototype contracts to build a new heavy infantry squad vehicle on the theory that Detroit can build trucks faster and cheaper than the traditional defense industrial base. Nobody has explained how the new res
Foreign-Trade Zones in a 20 Percent Tariff Environment (opens the original)
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"When the government starts collecting money as a tax, they don't normally give it back." — Curtis Spencer, CEO, IMS Worldwide For most of the last sixty years, the average U.S. tariff rate was two and a half percent. Duty was a rounding error, and import networks got designed accordingly. Curtis Spencer, CEO of IMS Worldwide, says the floor is now 20 percent, and plenty of importers are still treating that like weather that will pass. He has spent more than four decades in foreign-trade zones.
The $604 Million Freight Broker Liability Verdict (opens the original)
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"C.H. Robinson does not employ drivers." - C.H. Robinson Chief Legal Officer Dorothy Capers This May, two courts drew a new line for freight brokerage liability. The U.S. Supreme Court stripped brokers of a federal defense they had leaned on for years. The Texas Supreme Court turned around and told Home Depot it wasn't liable for a fatal crash involving a carrier hauling its freight. Two companies, both a step removed from the truck. Opposite outcomes. The difference came down to control. And th
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