• March 26 2026
  US manufacturing

  Apple to source US-made parts from Japan’s TDK under reshoring push

  Japanese supplier to produce advanced sensors for smartphone cameras

  
• March 26 2026
  Agricultural commodities

  Fertiliser price surge due to Iran war coincides with US planting season

  Donald Trump set to meet with top industry figures in critical political constituency

  
• March 25 2026
  Commodities

  The FT View. The other Strait of Hormuz shock

  Disruption to commodities far beyond oil and gas will have a long-lasting impact

  The editorial board

  
• March 24 2026
  Automobiles

  War sparks ‘panic buying’ of aluminium among global carmakers

  Disruption to power supplies and shipping bottlenecks have affected key sources of production in Gulf

  
• March 24 2026
  UK business

  Companies will have to pay UK supplier invoices within 60 days or face fines

  CBI praises legislation aimed at protecting small businesses for striking ‘the right balance’

  
• March 22 2026
  Middle East war

  War with Iran has exposed American fragility at sea

  The move from ‘efficiency’ to ‘resilience’ in maritime supply chains has a long way to go

  Rana Foroohar

  
• March 22 2026
  Global Economy

  How the Iran war could derail the AI boom

  The entire chip supply chain depends on energy and chemical imports from the Middle East

  Tej Parikh

  Premium content

  
• March 21 2026
  Middle East war

  Iran lets grain ships through Hormuz to shore up food supply

  Agriculture has been a ‘pain point’ for Tehran after it imposes de facto blockade of waterway in response to US-Israeli war

  
• March 19 2026
  Global trade

  The dynamic globalisation machine will overcome the Iran shock

  Short-term crisis management in shipping should not be mistaken for fatal weakness in trade

  Alan Beattie

  
• March 15 2026
  Container shipping

  Lithium-ion battery blazes imperil supply chains, warns Los Angeles port chief

  Demand for the storage device is expected to double by 2030 as geopolitical risks pile up

  
• March 11 2026
  Middle East war

  Gulf disruption chokes sulphur flows supporting swaths of global industry

  Shortage spurs surge in prices and threatens sectors from fertiliser to microchips as impact of war in Iran widens

  
• March 5 2026
  Container shipping

  Middle East conflict strands ships with cargoes of fresh food and live animals

  Shipping companies struggle to reroute vessels as disruption starts to cause congestion at ports outside the Gulf

  
• February 28 2026
  Anthropic

  Anthropic to sue Trump administration after AI lab is labelled security risk

  Pentagon bans start-up from government contracts, as OpenAI announces deal to deploy models in classified networks

  
• February 23 2026
  Rare earths

  Japan mines Pacific Ocean mud for rare earths to counter China’s chokehold

  Ocean floor resources could help protect supply chains from Beijing’s export bans

  
• February 22 2026
  Global trade

  It is time for Europe to weaponise its chokepoints

  China and others have long been adept at using supply chains to their advantage — the EU should do the same

  Martin Sandbu

  
• February 19 2026
  Trump tariffs

  Donald Trump’s tariffs send corporate America’s import costs spiralling

  New data show midsize companies are facing soaring duty bills as president seeks to quell backlash of his policies

  
• February 3 2026
  Global Economy

  Alphaville. Taking a trip down memory lane

  Charting SanDisk’s spectacular consensus smash

  
• January 29 2026
  Prada SpA

  Prada cuts ties with over 200 suppliers after labour abuse audit

  Italian label has been investigating since 2020 as allegations of worker exploitation plague luxury industry

  
• January 23 2026
  Intel Corp

  Intel shares drop 17% as supply issues limit growth

  Manufacturing setbacks undermine company’s efforts to become US champion in advanced chipmaking

  
• January 13 2026
  Automobiles

  Carmakers find workaround for Nexperia chip shortage

  Auto groups buy wafers from chipmaker’s Dutch arm and ship them to its Chinese unit to avoid output stoppages

  
• December 19 2025
  Trump tariffs

  US Christmas tree growers boosted by Trump tariffs

  Consumers shun artificial evergreens as levies increase prices

  
• December 3 2025
  Who killed Europe’s single market dream?

  The EU single market’s elephant in the room

  Small, often invisible barriers to trade affect products from businesses across Europe, including a fluffy Ikea pachyderm

  
• November 19 2025
  Nexperia

  Dutch government steps back from Nexperia intervention to ease chip supply issues

  Stand-off had threatened global carmaker supply chains

  
• November 12 2025
  Nexperia

  Europe’s carmakers face ‘devastating’ chip crisis as Nexperia supply crunch continues

  Executives warn production lines could stop within weeks as the Dutch chipmaker is not sending products to China unit

  
• November 7 2025
  Semiconductors

  Nexperia chip exports from China have resumed, says car parts supplier

  Beijing had blocked exports of vital carmaking component after row with Dutch government