Canada Suspended Trade Negotiations With the U.S. This Week. Here Is What Manufacturers Need to Do Now.

This week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney pulled Canada’s trade negotiators out of Washington and back to Ottawa. His statement was direct: last-minute changes in U.S. proposed terms were “unfair, uneconomic and... Read more »

U.S. Manufacturing Just Hit Its Sixth Straight Month of Expansion. Here Is What That Means for Sourcing Teams.

Something significant is happening in U.S. manufacturing right now, and it is not getting the attention it deserves. The sector just posted its sixth consecutive month of expansion, with the ISM Manufacturing... Read more »

Trump Says He Is Not Looking to Renew CUSMA. Here Is What That Actually Means for Manufacturers

Six days ago, sitting in the Oval Office, President Trump told reporters he is “not looking to renew” CUSMA when it comes up for review on July 1. His own trade officials... Read more »

Section 232 Tariffs on Aluminum, Steel and Copper Changed Today. Here Is What Manufacturers Need to Do Right Now.

If your supply chain touches aluminum, steel, or copper, today is a date worth marking. On June 1, 2026, President Trump signed a new proclamation adjusting the Section 232 tariff regimes on... Read more »

Supply Chain Resilience Is Not a Strategy — Here’s What Actually Works in 2026

Let’s be honest about something. The phrase “supply chain resilience” has been used so many times in the last three years that it’s started to lose all meaning. Every conference deck has... Read more »

Reshoring is no longer a plan B — It’s the Strategy

For years, reshoring was something companies talked about in strategy decks but rarely executed. The cost math always seemed to favor staying offshore. That calculation has changed — and today, April 22,... Read more »

How to Vet an Overseas Manufacturer: A 10-Step Sourcing Checklist

The price is attractive. The samples look good. The communication has been fast. And then, three months later, your container arrives with product that doesn’t match what you ordered. This is the... Read more »

U.S. Tariff Shifts: What Manufacturers and Sourcing Teams Need to Know Right Now

The U.S. tariff system just went through one of its most significant legal and policy resets in decades — and the dust is far from settled. If your sourcing strategy is based... Read more »

Canada Isn’t Waiting for the Dust to Settle

While much of the sourcing industry is focused on the United States, Canada has been quietly rewriting its sourcing strategy. The suppliers who noticed early are already ahead. Canada is one of... Read more »

Advantages of future US-India Bilateral Trade Agreements

The textile and fashion industries in the USA and India, in the past encountered many challenges. U.S. goods and services trade with India totalled an estimated $142.6 billion in 2018. Exports were... Read more »