Harding on supply chain pressures and the weaponization of trade

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Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining

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Middle East & Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe

Max Thompson

Export Finance Editor

TXF CEO Dan Sheriff caught up with Rebecca Harding, the independent trade analyst and CEO of Coriolis Technologies to discuss the bifurcation of supply chains between east and west, as well as the reality-checks that have been delivered by the Russia-Ukraine war.

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