Get Set For A Bumpy Trade And Logistics Ride In 2019 Forbes post by Kate Vitasek on 21 January 2019 A significant reshuffling of the top logistics countries is likely this year, largely because of Brexit and the potential for a trade war between the U.S. and China… Here’s the link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/katevitasek/2019/01/21/get-set-for-a-bumpy-trade-and-logistics-ride-in-2019/#2400b94bb2c7
Brexit
Forbes — December 2017 — Brexit
Brexit To Hit Unprepared Supply Chains Hard Column by Kate Vitasek published 4 December 2017 UK-EU supply chains are at the breaking point as the fallout from Brexit begins to take hold… Here’s the link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/katevitasek/2017/12/04/brexit-to-hit-unprepared-supply-chains-hard/#28d0548a6283
The Flip Side of Brexit?
What’s happening as a result of Brexit is an evolving—disrupted!—UK and EU marketplace.
Forbes — 14 July 2016 — Brexit
Brexit: Supplier Allies, Not Adversaries, Will Help You Weather The Storm Kate Vitasek’s Forbes column published 14 July 2016. Procurement and contracting communities are buzzing after Brexit, trying to calm nerves on the impact of Brexit. Most agree one thing is fairly certain; regulatory regimes and trade agreements will have to be closely monitored to […]
Outsource Magazine — July 2016
Europe is in turmoil after Great Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. Those who now claim to know what will happen now – in outsourcing or in other area – will make two big mistakes: First, they will show that they don’t understand what Brexit is. Brexit is, to use the words of author Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a “black swan”: an unexpected event with largely unforeseeable consequences, just like 9/11 or the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy filing. Second, they will simply be wrong.