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...Many other countries are vying to make industrial supply chains more resilient as global risks rise....
...And Tesla is looking to make inroads into India and south-east Asia as the US works to decouple EV supply chains from China....
...China, meanwhile, is continuing to focus on boosting its local supply chain, despite the time and money this will take....
...Western corporate boards of directors face stark choices. Do they face up to the reality of Chinese rules, stop investing and write-off existing investments?...
...Like Leo says, there’s a huge market there that you just cannot give up. And you’ve spent decades trying to build those relations there....
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...“They are not on board with anything that might in some way make the nuclear industry more acceptable,” he adds....
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...Inflation was also up due to post-Brexit supply chain problems and the shock of Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine....
...Many operations are being driven by joint ventures of Chinese companies and local groups, fuelling western anxieties about Beijing’s dominance of the electric car supply chain....
...The four established the Indonesia Battery in 2021, which separately partners with CATL and LG Energy Solution to develop an “end-to-end lithium battery supply chain”....
...Tim Cook, chief executive of Apple, said that the China supply chain challenges had been resolved. “We’re now at the point where production is what we need it to be,” he said....
...To date, the company has not been part of any enforcement order for labour violations from the National Labor Relations Board....
...The National Labor Relations Board has accused Starbucks of violating labour law by withholding pay rises and new benefits from stores that have voted to unionise....
...The long-term objective there is to build a full battery supply chain in Congo. How viable is that? Yes. I think, in that regard I can say that we are at a crossroads....
...The parties have nearly exhausted a labour relations process outlined by the 1927 Railway Labor Act that was designed to prevent economic turmoil caused by strikes....
...Retailers and manufacturers were taken by surprise when the unions first threatened a work stoppage earlier this month, according to Jonathan Gold, who oversees supply chain and customs policy for the National...
...Our legal leaders’ responsibilities have included overhauling old companies, nurturing young start-ups, and dealing with disruption in supply chains and from rivals....
...A regional director of the National Labor Relations Board, which mediates such disputes, has accused Starbucks of more than 200 labour law violations in a “virulent, widespread and well-orchestrated response...
...Among them is AI solutions provider CloudWalk Technology....
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