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Trends in Manufacturing: Insights from 750 Leaders

Trends in Manufacturing: Insights from 750 Leaders

Despite manufacturers’ best forecasts, no one could have predicted what 2020 had in store. For many manufacturers, the destabilizing force of the pandemic exposed weaknesses along the value chain. It also highlighted opportunities to justify larger-scale.

In this Monday, March 2 file photo, European Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Michel Barnier, right, speaks with the British Prime Minister's Europe adviser David Frost during the start of the first round of post -Brexit trade talks between the EU and the UK, at EU headquarters in Brussels. Slowed by the coronavirus pandemic and whipped up by a British-imposed deadline, talks between the EU and the UK on a future relationship in the wake of Brexit are struggling to make significant progress.

UK, EU Fishing Deal Unlikely by End of June

Three rounds of talks have failed to produce much headway, notably around fishing rights.

Coca-Cola Buys Costa Coffee Chain

The $5B+ deal is Coca-Cola's latest move to diversify from traditional soda.