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Africa-Asia economic relations: Let the private sector shine

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Bilateral forums, conferences, meetings and seminars happen more often than one can count, and usually result in numerous announcements – ranging from memoranda of understanding (MoU) to billions of financial commitments. The forum, in its 5th iteration since 2010, positions Singapore as a gateway to Asia for African companies.

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Top 25 Supply Chains of 2018

Material Handling and Logistics

In fact, Walmart is so committed to its supply chain proficiency that it will offer to help pay tuition for any of its workers to earn degrees in either supply chain management or business—a very high-profile example of a company acknowledging its reliance on its supply chain as both a competitive advantage and its path to the future.

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Antiboycott rules can bite exporters, forwarders

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These are the only types of warning letters that BIS makes public. For example, Phillips Specialty Products Inc. antiboycott regulations. . As required by the law, the agency also publishes its warning letters to companies with alleged antiboycott violations. of Bartlesville, Okla., received a warning letter from BIS on Sept.