China returns to work; freight roadblocks mount in Europe

China returns to work; freight roadblocks mount in Europe
Jenny Ruth
About 80 percent of companies in China are now back up and running with manufacturing taking a little longer to revive following that country's coronavirus lock-down, according to New Zealand Trade & Enterprise."Every day and every week, there's more and more production coming back on line," said Fiona Acheson, the agency's regional director  for greater China.However, the problems are compounding in the rest of the world as infections and deaths mount, as more events are cancelled and more countries implement partial or complete shutd...

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