Is It Time For North American Importers To Leave China? (Feat. Andrew Hupert)

2022-05-13

In this episode... Our CEO Renaud is joined by a special guest in this episode, Andrew Hupert, a cross-cultural management and communication expert, coach, and trainer who spent 10+ years in China, is currently based in Mexico, and also creates a podcast you should check out: Globalism 2.0. They discuss why companies are starting to leave China, in particular, American companies, where they're going, and why Western companies need to start thinking about diversifying supply chains rather than focusing on China alone. Andrew also gives some helpful insight into the business environment of Mexico a...

In this episode...

Our CEO Renaud is joined by a special guest in this episode, Andrew Hupert, a cross-cultural management and communication expert, coach, and trainer who spent 10+ years in China, is currently based in Mexico, and also creates a podcast you should check out: Globalism 2.0.

They discuss why companies are starting to leave China, in particular, American companies, where they're going, and why Western companies need to start thinking about diversifying supply chains rather than focusing on China alone. Andrew also gives some helpful insight into the business environment of Mexico and why it is a candidate for near-shoring supply chains for some American and Canadian companies.

Show Sections

00:00 - Greetings & Introduction to today's topic.

03:04 - Andrew's background.

04:21 - What is 'Globalism 2.0?'

13:29 - What is a bad scenario in the next few years that companies who manufacture products in China for sale in the USA need to plan for?

21:59 - Is there a timetable where the situation between China and the US becomes very hard for importers?

22:57 - Implementing China +1 and going further.

26:27 - Is Vietnam a potential China alternative?

29:56 - Have a lot of companies selling into the USA & Canada already near-shored their supply chains into Mexico?

33:15 - What's the relationship between Mexico and China?

40:22 - Wrapping up.