#supply chains

The Trump administration wants vehicles to contain 82% North American parts, with half the value produced in the United States, to qualify for preferential treatment under the USMCA.

A new Automotive News column examines how changing US trade rules are reshaping planning and competitive dynamics across the global auto industry.

Companies in the Gulf are leaning on trains and thousands of trucks to move fertilizer, food, and other goods across the Arabian Peninsula as maritime chokepoints disrupt normal shipping lanes.

Honda says it will drop its 2040 combustion-free ambition and launch 15 new hybrids by 2030 after reporting its first annual loss since going public in 1957.

As Donald Trump and Xi Jinping prepare to meet in Beijing, technology is expected to sit near the center of talks on AI competition, chip sales, and the role of Chinese supply chains in American products.

A new warning from Automotive News highlights how geopolitical tensions and climate threats are exposing the auto industry’s dependence on a handful of critical waterways.

A new warning from researchers at the United Nations University argues that the rush for lithium, cobalt, copper and rare earths is creating polluted, water-stressed ‘sacrifice zones’ around the world.

An attempt to avoid fossil-fuel-derived products for a single day turned into a vivid demonstration of how deeply hydrocarbons are embedded in transport, packaging, agriculture, and modern materials.

Ford says it is in early discussions with the U.S. government on defense-related projects, signaling how military demand and industrial policy are pulling major automakers toward a wider strategic role.

Researchers have developed a method to identify where soybeans were grown, a potential new check on supply chains tied to one of the world’s biggest deforestation drivers.

The Special Competitive Studies Project has launched a National Security Commission on Robotics for Advanced Manufacturing, tying robotics policy directly to workforce, AI adoption, and supply-chain resilience.

The Solar Stewardship Initiative and the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance have agreed to work together on traceability and sustainability standards as scrutiny of solar supply chains intensifies.

MIT Technology Review’s daily briefing flags plastics as a likely next pressure point from rising fossil-fuel prices, warning that supply-chain impacts from the war in Iran are beginning to build.

As the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and crude prices climb, the pressure is spreading from gasoline and jet fuel into petrochemicals and plastic supply chains.