Covid-19 And Global Supply Chain

Analyst Ming-Chi Kup claims that Apple could cancel or delay the mass production plans for iPhone SE 4 to 2024. The Cupertino company could choose to halt the development of new products to tackle the challenges posed by the global economic recession in 2023.

As COVID-19 outbreak spreads in more and more cities in China, lockdowns across the country are disrupting global supply chains and causing a spike in freight rates.

Tesla has been an outlier since the pandemic outbreak, posting record deliveries and earnings for several quarters when rivals wrestling with global supply chain snarls rolled out production halts.

Due to COVID-19 control measures in eastern China, around 30 Taiwanese companies that make electronic parts for laptops and other gadgets, have suspended production at least till next week.

US has passed a new bill that aims to improve the country’s domestic semiconductor production amid a global chip shortage and stiff competition from China.

Sony will continue producing PlayStation 4 consoles throughout 2022 as it navigates disruptions to the global supply chain that have limited output of its pricier PlayStation 5.

President Joe Biden cited India and Brazil to explain the complexity of the global supply chain and said that it has been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

India and China on Saturday agreed that the best way to surmount the challenge posed to India by COVID-19 is to keep global supply lines open to ensure material and logistical support is always hand.

COVID-19 has shown that the excessive dependence of the global supply chain on any single source is risky, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an apparent reference to China. PM Modi made the remarks during a virtual bilateral summit with his Denmark counterpart Mette Frederiksen.

Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday highlighted five major dynamic shifts in the country that, he said, need to be "converted into structural transformations" and will lead to "sizeable benefits for economy". "The fortunes shifting in favour of the farm sector, the changing energy mix in favour of renewables, leveraging informa...

Chennai-based motorcycle maker, Royal Enfield reported its sales for April 2020 and the company sold 91 bikes during the ongoing Coronavirus lockdown. That's a negligible number compared to Royal Enfield's previous sales, and is a result of the nationwide lockdown that has temporarily suspended production and sales for all manufacturers. Royal Enfi...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Thursday the coronavirus pandemic "hangs over the future, like a spectre", and the lockdowns will impact the country's economic activity directly. The global macroeconomic outlook is overcast with the COVID-19 pandemic "with massive dislocations in global production, supply chains, trade and tourism", the cen...

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have agreed to ensure smooth functioning of the global supply chains for critical pharmaceuticals and medical goods to fight the coronavirus pandemic and discussed the significance of Yoga and Ayurveda for the physical and mental well-being of people during the major global health crisis.

United Nations agency World Food Programme (WFP) said global markets for basic cereals are well-supplied and prices generally low.

Not only manufacturers and dealerships, the entire supply chain of motorcycle components will be hit by the global economic effects of COVID-19.

Analyst Ming-Chi Kup claims that Apple could cancel or delay the mass production plans for iPhone SE 4 to 2024. The Cupertino company could choose to halt the development of new products to tackle the challenges posed by the global economic recession in 2023.

As COVID-19 outbreak spreads in more and more cities in China, lockdowns across the country are disrupting global supply chains and causing a spike in freight rates.

Tesla has been an outlier since the pandemic outbreak, posting record deliveries and earnings for several quarters when rivals wrestling with global supply chain snarls rolled out production halts.

Due to COVID-19 control measures in eastern China, around 30 Taiwanese companies that make electronic parts for laptops and other gadgets, have suspended production at least till next week.

US has passed a new bill that aims to improve the country’s domestic semiconductor production amid a global chip shortage and stiff competition from China.

Sony will continue producing PlayStation 4 consoles throughout 2022 as it navigates disruptions to the global supply chain that have limited output of its pricier PlayStation 5.

President Joe Biden cited India and Brazil to explain the complexity of the global supply chain and said that it has been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

India and China on Saturday agreed that the best way to surmount the challenge posed to India by COVID-19 is to keep global supply lines open to ensure material and logistical support is always hand.

COVID-19 has shown that the excessive dependence of the global supply chain on any single source is risky, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an apparent reference to China. PM Modi made the remarks during a virtual bilateral summit with his Denmark counterpart Mette Frederiksen.

Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday highlighted five major dynamic shifts in the country that, he said, need to be "converted into structural transformations" and will lead to "sizeable benefits for economy". "The fortunes shifting in favour of the farm sector, the changing energy mix in favour of renewables, leveraging informa...

Chennai-based motorcycle maker, Royal Enfield reported its sales for April 2020 and the company sold 91 bikes during the ongoing Coronavirus lockdown. That's a negligible number compared to Royal Enfield's previous sales, and is a result of the nationwide lockdown that has temporarily suspended production and sales for all manufacturers. Royal Enfi...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Thursday the coronavirus pandemic "hangs over the future, like a spectre", and the lockdowns will impact the country's economic activity directly. The global macroeconomic outlook is overcast with the COVID-19 pandemic "with massive dislocations in global production, supply chains, trade and tourism", the cen...

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have agreed to ensure smooth functioning of the global supply chains for critical pharmaceuticals and medical goods to fight the coronavirus pandemic and discussed the significance of Yoga and Ayurveda for the physical and mental well-being of people during the major global health crisis.

United Nations agency World Food Programme (WFP) said global markets for basic cereals are well-supplied and prices generally low.

Not only manufacturers and dealerships, the entire supply chain of motorcycle components will be hit by the global economic effects of COVID-19.