Tag: supply chains

Rogers Vows to Expel All Chinese Goods from Defense Supply Chains

The Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is vowing to expel all Chinese goods and materials from the United States’s defense supply chains. Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) said that he would lead the effort to expunge China-sourced goods during a Feb. 8 hearing of the committee on the subject of defense-industrial base security. “The…


Tesla’s 2nd Quarter Sales Drop Amid Supply Chain, Pandemic Problems

DETROIT—Tesla’s sales from April through June fell to their lowest quarterly level since last fall as supply chain issues and pandemic restrictions in China hobbled production of its electric vehicles. The company on Saturday disclosed it sold more than 254,000 cars and SUVs from April through June, an 18 percent drop from the first three…


Global Factory Activity Slows in May as China’s COVID-19 Curbs Weigh

LONDON/TOKYO—Global growth in factory activity slowed in May as China’s strict coronavirus curbs and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine disrupted supply chains and dampened demand, adding to woes for businesses already struggling with surging raw material prices. Manufacturing growth slowed last month in economies as diverse as France, Japan to Malaysia, business surveys showed on Wednesday,…


PREMIERING NOW: Sen. Marco Rubio: How the Chinese Regime Co-opts Our Elites and Weaponizes Our Systems Against Us

“If we think that the energy leverage Putin had over Europe was substantial, the leverage China potentially has over America and the West is extraordinary.” I sit down with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, to discuss how the Chinese regime has been systematically co-opting our elites for…


Sen. Marco Rubio: How the Chinese Regime Co-opts Our Elites and Weaponizes Our Systems Against Us

“If we think that the energy leverage Putin had over Europe was substantial, the leverage China potentially has over America and the West is extraordinary.” I sit down with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, to discuss how the Chinese regime has been systematically co-opting our elites for…


[PREMIERING 7:30 PM ET] Sen. Marco Rubio: How the Chinese Regime Co-opts Our Elites and Weaponizes Our Systems Against Us

This episode will premiere on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. ET.  “If we think that the energy leverage Putin had over Europe was substantial, the leverage China potentially has over America and the West is extraordinary.” I sit down with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, to discuss how…


[PREMIERING 7:30PM ET] Sen. Marco Rubio: How the Chinese Regime Co-opts Our Elites and Weaponizes Our Systems Against Us

This Episode will Premiering 5/17 at 7:30PM ET.  “If we think that the energy leverage Putin had over Europe was substantial, the leverage China potentially has over America and the West is extraordinary.” I sit down with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, to discuss how the Chinese regime…


China Lockdown Cuts Supplies

News Analysis China’s COVID lockdowns are grinding the country’s manufacturing to a halt and alarming global business leaders who depend on the country for parts and manufacturing. The CEO of Mercedes Benz, Ola Kallenius, told Bloomberg on April 29 that “new lockdowns in China, in Shanghai but also in other places in China affects the business…


Chinese Regime Seeks to Control Global EV Supply Chain, Leaving US Vulnerable: Experts

Competition between the United States and China in the realms of electric and autonomous vehicles could determine the future control of global supply chains in an unprecedented way, according to a lawmaker and several experts. “Our competitors, particularly in China, are not holding back,” said Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) during an April 27 event hosted…


Government Partners With Universities to Secure Australia’s Mineral Supply Chains

Australia’s federal government has committed $50 million (US$36.7 million) to establishing a new business and research partnership with Curtin University in Western Australia (WA), one which will focus on the critical mineral supply chain. The project, which is the first under the government’s Trailblazer program, will see Curtin University collaborate with the University of Queensland…