Supply-chain management Archives

TaPP Insight: Trump’s tariffs at one year – Global trade restructuring and UK strategic positioning

by Eva Lovejoy | Mar 2, 2026

Summary One year into President Trump’s second term, his tariff policies, including the April 2025 ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs, have reshaped global trade flows in ways that demand serious analytical attention. The recent Greenland episode, in which Trump declared a...

TaPP Insight: CBAM Omnibus What implications for the UK?

by Leah | Jul 30, 2025

TaPP network held a discussion on 22nd May 2025, to explore the EU Commission’s new Omnibus simplification of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAMs), its implications, and what lessons the UK might draw from it. We were joined by expert speakers, L. Alan...

Michael Short

by Eamonn Boylan | Jul 10, 2025

Michael Short (IEEE, MIET, FHEA) is currently Professor of Engineering and Systems Informatics at Teesside University. He holds a Batchelors degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and a PhD degree in Robotics and AI. His research interests include Automation...

Rebecca Wilde

by Eamonn Boylan | Jul 9, 2025

Rebecca is currently head of the International Business and Trade discipline group at Warwick University (WMG). As an economist, her teaching and research interests lie in the field of International Economics and Trade with a keen focus on trade policy and trade...