China rare earths

China’s Rare Earths Strategy: How China’s Subtle Supply Chain Tactics Keep Global Industries Hooked

China continues to dominate the global rare earths supply chain, leveraging its influence not through overt export bans but via a more subtle system of licensing delays, quota management, and administrative control. While partner economies have learned much since the...
Drone view shows a cargo ship and shipping containers at the port of Lianyungang

Supply Chains, Costs, and Policy Uncertainty: The Ongoing Impact of US Tariffs on Chinese Imports on Businesses

China's Guangdong province, Hub renowned for its manufacturing expertise and efficiency. With a complex international supply chain, Igloo once relied exclusively on its Guangdong facility for critical hardware manufacturing. However, with the U.S.-China trade war still simmering, the company recently...