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For 75 years Buckland has been working to help companies across the world experience global trade in a better way. youtu.be/Qurnk775Wvs

Hurricane Beryl shutters Texas coastal shipping lanes. Ports in Houston, Corpus Christi, Galveston, Freeport and Texas City halt operations. Read more: freightwaves.com/news/hurricane…

Canada considers imposing import tariffs on Chinese EVs. Read more: reuters.com/business/autos…

Members of the Customs and Immigration Union (CIU), which represent CBSA employees including Border Service Officers have voted 96% in favour of strike action. Read more: buckland.com/news/union-rep…

IMPORTANT: Due to ongoing strike vote activity by the PSAC, the CARM launch for trade chain partners will be postponed to October 2024 while it will be launched internally at the CBSA on May 13, 2024, as planned. Read more: canada.ca/en/border-serv…

In preparation for the implementation of CARM on May 13, 2024, the CBSA has devised transition measures to ensure smooth border operations and timely submission of duty payments and declarations. For detailed information, please click here: cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/c…

Last minute information: Strike votes for over 9,000 workers at Canada Border Services Agency begin April 10. psacunion.ca/strike-votes-o…

CARM important information: the cutover period required for the CBSA to migrate existing systems and functionality to CARM systems and functionality for the CARM R2 implementation will extend from Apr. 26 (4:00 pm EDT) to May 13 (3:00 am EDT). More info: cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/c…

Circular supply chains: 9 focus areas to maximize impact. greenbiz.com/article/circul…

USTR Releases 2024 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers. lexology.com/library/detail…

Make AI servers in Mexico, US tech firms tell Taiwanese manufacturers. And the USCMA free-trade deal makes sidelining China all the more attractive. tomshardware.com/tech-industry/…

Borderlands Mexico: Investment surges in Mexico as companies shift supply chains, plan new factories freightwaves.com/news/investmen…

Red Sea crisis nears boiling point, unable to heat up spot rates. freightwaves.com/news/red-sea-c…

Baltimore port closure puts truck drivers who haul autos in a bind. freightwaves.com/news/baltimore…

Baltimore Bridge Disaster to Test Trucking, Port Flexibility Yet Again. bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

China and Russia Learn Not Even Their Ships Are Safe in the Red Sea bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

For companies producing just about any physical product, the many “black swan” events (catastrophic incidents that are nearly impossible to predict) of the last four years illustrate the importance of supply chain resilience. technologyreview.com/2024/03/20/108…

4 best practices for the global supply chain of the future supplychaindive.com/news/4-best-pr…

Supply chains face weather’s wrath in 2024. freightwaves.com/news/supply-ch…

One emerging threat to your business clients’ supply chains: Geopolitical conflict is wreaking havoc on your business clients’ supply chains, a new Marsh report finds. canadianunderwriter.ca/brokers/why-yo…

3 things to expect from the pharmaceutical supply chain in 2024 supplychaindive.com/news/3-things-…