supply chain

A national security emergency is quickly approaching due to the U.S.’s dependency on China’s supply of medical-grade nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR), with Blue Star NBR CEO Scott Maier making an urgent plea to the Trump administration before time runs out.

China could “shut down” the American healthcare system in mere weeks if the United States does not ramp up its medical manufacturing, co-founder and CEO of Blue Star NBR Scott Maier told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview.

JPMorganChase on Monday launched a $1.5 trillion initiative to ensure America’s resiliency in key industries such as rare earth minerals and artificial intelligence.

U.S. trucking companies are undermined by lower-wage Mexican truckers who use B-1 visitor visas to snatch delivery contracts from American truckers after they deliver a load from Mexico, says a May 8 article on the FreightWaves.com website.

The president of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) dismissed concerns that the port workers’ strike could affect the lives of American citizens.

The Chinese government issued record-high mining quotas for rare earth minerals this week, reaching a new high of 270,000 tons that exceeds 2023’s total by 5.88 percent.

The price of coffee is expected to continue rising as disruptions to the supply chain and increased labor costs keep impacting the industry.

The cost of Easter celebrations is nearing a historic high as inflation sends the prices of staples such as eggs and chocolate soaring.

Chinese dictator Xi Jinping met with a group of visiting U.S. business leaders in Beijing on Wednesday, making a bid to lure much-needed foreign investment back into China’s flagging economy. Xi promised the economy would stabilize, and said overseas businessmen need not fear persecution by his authoritarian government.

Some Trump-supporting truckers are refusing to transport loads to and from New York City after the former president was fined $355 million and had his ability to run businesses in the state suspended in Friday’s civil fraud verdict.

The most striking thing about President Biden announcing a special White House council on supply chains is that it took until this Monday to happen.

The Australian government said it was responding to a “significant cyber security incident” affecting several ports that could last a multiple days.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) suspects woke hiring practices might be behind recent airline near catastrophes and has asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate.

A cyber security attack on the Clorox Company last month is reportedly causing product availability issues and an impact on its first-quarter earnings.

Foxconn Technology Group on Monday announced a slew of new perks and bonuses for employees at its massive iPhone component factory in Zhengzhou, China.

On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) reacted to the Department of Defense overvaluing the amount of aid it has sent to Ukraine by $3 billion by stating that the discovery probably won’t have any material

Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer Foxconn, a principal supplier of components for the Apple iPhone, announced Tuesday it will purchase a large parcel of land near the Indian tech hub of Bengaluru.

Kraft Heinz CEO Miguel Patricio said Monday he does not see higher inflation and supply chain issues ending in the near future.

Americans may face a beer shortage as brewers grapple with inflation and supply chain problems, USA Today reported Saturday.

The Ford Motor Company’s stock plummeted Tuesday after announcing Monday that supply chain and inflation problems will cost the company $1 billion in the third quarter.

The Pentagon on Wednesday halted delivery of F-35 jet fighters because investigators discovered a magnet in the engine system was manufactured using materials from China that did not comply with U.S. import laws.

Hershey announced Thursday the company anticipates a candy shortage for Halloween due to issues with the global supply chain.

Oil and natural gas trade groups released an analysis that shows economic benefits to American consumers from domestic use and exports.

On Thursday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Chairman Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) said that moving the supply chain overseas is “the biggest” reason for inflation, but “you couldn’t have calculated the

The Port of Oakland was shut down for the third day in a row on Thursday as truckers continued to protest a California gig worker labor law that could impact an estimated 70,000 truckers.

A brother and sister are making a timely and somewhat historic entry into the baby formula market by launching a plant in Pennsylvania.

Gov. Kristi Noem warned of China’s procurement of U.S.-based food production assets on Friday’s edition of the Breitbart News Daily podcast with host Alex Marlow.

International flights carrying much-needed baby formula have touched down in the United States, but stock rates have yet to get better as supply chain woes continued hurting citizens, according to a report.

Tuesday marked the implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), which passed Congress last year and was signed into law by President Joe Biden in December 2021.

China’s state-run Global Times on Thursday warned the United States could “spark World War III” by pushing too hard to decouple from the Chinese minerals industry by developing its own supply.

John Boyd Jr., a fourth generation farmer, said in an interview that the high prices consumers are seeing at the grocery stores will be replaced by empty shelves.

Friday marked the fourth day of a growing strike by South Korean truckers, who are protesting over their wages and the rising cost of fuel.

The world has been focused for more than two years on the coronavirus epidemic, but one health expert says people should be aware that the threat of food shortages around the globe could be “just as deadly.”

Data on the market supply of baby formula reveals the shortage is getting worse, especially in the south and southwest United States, with low-income families suffering most.

During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admitted that she “was wrong” about inflation and that while “unanticipated and large shocks to the economy” are a part of the reason, she also “didn’t

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) stated that President Joe Biden is correct that supply chain problems have to be addressed, but Biden messed up the supply chain for energy,