Sustainable fashion is going through a tough transition, and that played out onstage last week at the annual Textile Exchange conference in Lisbon, Portugal. Over 1,600 stakeholders from across the fashion supply chain showed up, hoping to make sense of the chaos we find ourselves working through. An audience poll taken on the first day…
CHATTANOOGA–The prevailing idea that the U.S. and China are locked in a trade war is missing the point, according to Leland Miller. What the two countries are engaged in is a war over who controls supply chains and “choke points” for critical products. At the FreightWaves’ Festival of Freight (F3) conference here, Leland Miller, the…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday he plans to coordinate with allies to counter China’s weaponization of rare-earth minerals. It’s the right move, though he might find it easier to rally the world if President Trump weren’t also hitting our allies with unprovoked unilateral tariffs. PREMIUM Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Mr. Bessent earlier in the…
The newest American tiff over tariffs with China — rare earth minerals being the spanner in the wheel — could speed up the movement towards a US-India trade deal, a prominent trade-policy think tank in New Delhi has said. US President Donald Trump has been keeping a “great friend” tone towards PM Modi while his…
WASHINGTON (TNND) — From U.S. fighter jets to submarines to cell phones to electric cars, the uses for rare earth minerals are widespread, which means the demand for them is as well. China’s announcement last week that it would impose severe restrictions on its rare earth minerals beginning Dec. 1 came as a shock, including…
WASHINGTON (TNND) — A sudden escalation in the U.S.-China trade war has threatened to undo months of progress between the world’s two largest economies. The unraveling of what had been productive talks between the two superpowers began late last week when China announced new global export controls on its coveted rare earth minerals and products…
RELIABILITY IS FOR losers. Strength keeps superpowers safe. Some version of that bleak philosophy appears to unite the supreme leaders of China and America. After some weeks of fragile calm, their trade war is roaring back to life. Officials answering to Xi Jinping and Donald Trump keep exchanging threats and counter-threats. With each round, the…
Despite funding challenges, this year, the company has scaled from 350 to 750 artisans — primarily from vulnerable communities such as disabled individuals, sex workers, gender-based violence survivors and single mothers — who all earn fair wages and have access to healthcare, education, mental health support and childcare. At a time when luxury fashion is…
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A global defense revolution is underway based on swarms of autonomous, unmanned, AI- and battery-powered drone systems. Last month President Donald Trump signed the “Unleashing American Drone Dominance” executive order, and on July 10, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth began to operationalize efforts to bolster domestic drone technology and manufacturing. Unfortunately for the U.S. and the…