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Kerry B. Contini

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Check out Baker McKenzie’s latest report “Supply Chains Reimagined: Recovery and Renewal in Asia Pacific and Beyond” for fascinating and useful information about global supply chains in the pandemic and post-pandemic era.  The report features analysis of global export market share data from Silk Road Associates covering 350 product categories and 150 countries.  The report identifies takeaways for each industry sector and five key trends for global supply chains.  One of these trends is increasing…

Historically, corporate sanctions compliance programs have tended to focus primarily on ensuring that products and services are not sold or diverted to prohibited customers or sanctioned territories. There has often been less focus on the entirety of the supply chain, particularly the significant sanctions compliance risks that can arise upstream in the context of suppliers and vendors. Over the past few years, there has been a shift, with many companies now paying closer attention to…

The novel coronavirus outbreak continues to have a substantial impact across the globe. As of the writing of this post, more than 87,000 cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been identified in 60 countries and territories around the world, claiming the lives of 2,977 people. Travel restrictions are becoming increasingly tighter at airports, with countries either imposing mandatory health screenings on travellers arriving from certain countries, or denying entry to passengers who have recently…