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Qatar and UAE will join the Pax Silica coalition on January 12 and 15, respectively, expanding the US-led effort to secure AI and semiconductor supply chains (Jarrett Renshaw/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/

"From forest to flatpack, IKEA faces timber traceability test under EUDR"
#Ikea #Wood #Environment

From forest to flatpack, IKEA faces timber traceability test under EUDR
Furniture giant IKEA is famous for its wood products, but it may soon need to tighten oversight of its supply chains due to the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation that comes into force at the end of this year. The Swedish company sources timber from both inside and outside the EU, with major source markets including […]

Didero, which provides an agentic AI layer that integrates with ERP systems to automate supply chains, raised a $30M Series A co-led by Chemistry and Headline (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/12/didero-lands-3…

Didero lands $30M to put manufacturing procurement on 'agentic' autopilot | TechCrunch
Didero functions as an agentic AI layer that sits on top of a company’s existing ERP, acting as a coordinator that reads incoming communications and automatically executes the necessary updates and tasks.

War in the Persian Gulf
Could Spill Into the U.S. Economy
Rising energy prices, snarled supply chains and higher government debt could all hurt American consumers
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/business/economy/iran-oi…

How War in the Persian Gulf Could Spill Into the U.S. Economy
Rising energy prices, snarled supply chains and higher government debt could all hurt American consumers.

#CommonplaceNotes https://lbj20.blogspot.com/2025/12/commonplace-book-supply-chains-hope-cool.html supply chains, hope, cool. thanks

Commonplace book: supply chains, hope, cool
Yes this: https://social.coop/@luis_in_brief/115696408257250551 Helen Toner on generative AI and where it might go , which is a rare article...

RapidFort, which develops tools for securing software supply chains, raised a $42M Series A led by Blue Cloud and ForgePoint, taking its total funding to ~$51M (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/02/03/ra

RapidFort raises $42M to push continuous remediation for software supply chain security - SiliconANGLE
RapidFort raises $42M to push continuous remediation for software supply chain security - SiliconANGLE

This is from the last spate of conflict, last year.
The point is that a prolonged war will likely hit supply chains hard since they are reliant on diesel.
Mideast conflict turbocharges diesel prices, squeezing Europe | Reuters
https://www.reute…

Three kinds of events have historically pushed the United States into recessions:
financial crises,
oil price shocks
and pandemics.
The U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran have already brought about the second circumstance on that list and,
if things go badly, potentially the first.
Much will depend on how long the conflict lasts and how severe it remains.
The impact has grown as strikes have expanded beyond Iran,
paralyzing airports and damaging i…

How War in the Persian Gulf Could Spill Into the U.S. Economy
Rising energy prices, snarled supply chains and higher government debt could all hurt American consumers.

RE: https://mastodon.energy/@TransitionShow/116132590105703966
Tune in for some great insights on how the energy transition is realigning geopolitics, global trade relationships, investment, hydrogen supply chains, and more, as well as the UK's …

Carney offers to ‘broker a bridge’ to build giant anti-Trump trade club
#EU #Canada #CPTPP
Via @… (& @…)

As Taiwanese chipmakers push localization to secure supply chains, suppliers to the steel, plastics, and display industries are moving into Taiwan's chip sector (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/techn

Taiwan's push for supply chain security produces unexpected winners
Smaller local suppliers seize rare chance to serve chipmakers like TSMC and UMC

Weekly Climate Solutions Digest #20!! 💖🌊✨
https://www.forpeopleandpla.net/weekly-climate-solutions-digest-20/?utm_source=bri-mastodon&utm_medium=social&src=mstdn

Weekly Climate Solutions Digest
Welcome This week reads like a map of infrastructure coming alive. From the EU’s record share of solar power to Jiangsu’s new surge of offshore wind, from China’s growing forest of EV chargers to solar cooling for Nigerian food supply chains, and a Morocco workshop steering critical

India joins Pax Silica, a US-led initiative that aims to build secure supply chains for semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, and critical technologies (Rajesh Roy/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/pax-silica-india-us-trump-modi-994d1ce…

India joins US-led Pax Silica initiative
India joined a U.S.-led initiative to strengthen technology cooperation among strategic allies in a move Friday that underscores the nations’ warming ties after a brief strain over New Delhi’s unabated purchase of discounted Russian oil. The decision aligns India closely with Washington’s efforts to build secure supply chains for semiconductors, advanced manufacturing and critical technologies at a time geopolitical competition with China is intensifying. It also signals a reset in relati…

"In Brazil, a new label gives more visibility to deforestation-free beef"
#Brazil #Animals #Food

In Brazil, a new label gives more visibility to deforestation-free beef
Amid growing pressure for beef supply chains to be deforestation-free, a new certification system in Brazil will allow meatpackers, importers and retailers to guarantee that the meat cuts they sell are not associated with deforestation. Down the line, this could also help companies become compliant with the European Union’s regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR). The […]

Poland bans Chinese-made cars from entering military sites https://therecord.media/poland-bans-chinese-made-cars-from-military-sites

Shein founder Xu Yangtian made a rare public appearance in Guangdong, pledging to invest ~$1.45B into the province's supply chains in the next three years (William Langley/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/76976a62-44cf-4e45-8d26-b19db5283831