Trump’s Iran ceasefire doesn’t mean Europe’s economy is out of the danger zone

The damage that’s been done — both physical and psychological — will take months to undo, analysts say.

POLITICO
The U.S. and Israel's war on Iran has left developing countries using Chinese tech and trade, like solar panels and EVs, better able to weather fallout than those relying on American-backed supply chains. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/04/08/world/trump-lost-asia-to-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #china #supplychains #iran #us #israel #trade #evs #solar #cleanenergy
Is Trump the president who lost Asia to China?

After six weeks of the U.S. and Israel's war on Iran and its ensuing counterattacks, it is the countries that bet on Chinese supply chains that are faring best.

The Japan Times
A new EDN substack from our team, this one on the importance of building local economies. #local #economy #community #business #supplychains #farmers https://substack.com/home/post/p-193473756
6 things Australia should do to tackle the energy crisis rather than just building bigger fuel reserves

The government’s response to the fuel crisis has been to reassure us normality will resume. Amid global uncertainty, that’s not enough.

The Conversation

Systems don’t just support life anymore, they script it. We’re not avoiding instability, we’re living inside it. Framed as improvement, but design has shifted from fixing problems to staging disruption. This isn’t better logistics. It’s a new relationship to permanence, where failure is no longer an error, but part of the plan.

https://metro.global/2026/01/07/smart-2026-supply-chains-are-being-engineered-for-pressure/ #supplychains

Smart 2026 supply chains are being engineered for pressure | Metro Global

Supply chains are no longer judged on efficiency alone, in 2026 they will be expected to anticipate disruption and adapt at speed to actively support growth. The experience of the past year confirmed that stability is no longer a realistic planning assumption, but performance under pressure is. Rather than a single crisis, 2025 delivered constant […]

Metro Global
Enmore AI-Driven Industry Conference & Expo 2026 | AI Industry

Register now to explore Enmore AI-Driven Industry Conference & Expo 2026, an AI-focused industry expo in Shanghai, China, from May 28–29, 2026, for professionals in automotive, data centers, r

China Business Forum

Logistics long operated as a modality of war, not its aftermath. Ports aren't merely sites of exchange but strategic infrastructures where commercial & military imperatives converge. What is framed as resilience or infrastructure planning marks a deeper integration of civilian circulation into security doctrine. This isn't investment alone, but ongoing militarization of the systems that move goods, people & power. Anyone attending SSD 2026 this June?

https://2026.supplysecurity.eu/Theme/supply-chain-resilience/ #supplychains

In this interview released to OCCRP, Mark Pieth, author of Gold Laundering and one of the leading experts on illicit gold flows, answers five key questions about an investigation I spent nearly a year on.

It traces a multibillion-dollar opaque gold trade #Venezuela, #Curaçao, and #Switzerland.

https://www.occrp.org/en/feature/five-questions-on-the-gold-trade

#InvestigativeJournalism #GoldTrade #MoneyLaundering #SupplyChains #Curaçao #Transparency #DirtyGold

Five Questions on the Gold Trade

Mark Pieth, a Swiss lawyer and professor of criminal law, discusses the issues raised by a recent OCCRP investigation into how weak industry regulations may have allowed gold from conflict areas in Venezuela to slip into the supply chain of tech giants.

OCCRP

"... so much of our land [in NZ] and so much of our effort goes into an industrial process to make mostly milk powder, this commodity that ends up overseas to be, basically, the key ingredient of a whole lot of junk food ...

... in this country ... there's a beautiful climate, and water ... and somehow we end up importing something around 80% of our food that's in the supermarket ..."

#MikeJoy, 2026

https://thekaka.substack.com/p/mini-hoon-live-with-bernard-hickey

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#FoodSecurity #SupplyChains #TheKaka #TheHoon #podcasts

Mini-Hoon Live with Bernard Hickey, Catherine Knight & Mike Joy on the Reality of Everything & Food

Bernard Hickey talks with Mike Joy and Catherine Knight about food security and the Reality of Everything conference coming up at Vic Uni on June 26

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey
Pharmaceutical logistics in demand as war rattles supply chains

As fears of medicine shortages grow amid the war in the Middle East, pharmaceutical logistics help ensure steady shipments to hospitals, pharmacies, and other customers worldwide.

The Japan Times