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It’s easy to blame the tariffs from the Trump administration for the uncertainty plaguing global supply chains. But a variety of other factors – from the dangers of transiting the Suez Canal to port congestion – have compounded delays, driven up shipping costs and made long-term planning increasingly difficult for importers and exporters alike.
« Uncertainty is everywhere in sea logistics, » said Kuehne + Nagel executive VP Bill Rooney on June 17. « Don’t take your crash helmets off; this isn’t coming to an end anytime soon. »
Rooney pointed to how the Global Trade Policy Uncertainty Index – which research firm Econovis uses to track heightened periods of economic turmoil – currently sits at a rating of 500. Comparatively, the index hovered around 250 at its highest point during the pandemic, and is now five times what it was during the 1971 « Nixon shock » that upended decades of global monetary stability when the U.S. moved the dollar off the gold standard.
Read more in an article from Supply Chain Brain.