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Japan's Calbee, a major potato chip manufacturer, is temporarily reducing ink colors on packaging from multiple colors to two colors due to supply chain disruptions caused by the Iran conflict affecting global ink production. The company is adjusting designs for some of its most popular products.

The US is shifting its critical minerals strategy to fund African processing and mining infrastructure, acknowledging it cannot yet match China's integrated supply chain capabilities. A US development finance official notes the US and Europe lack the industrial backing for processing and downstream manufacturing that China has established.

Singapore and New Zealand have finalized a bilateral trade agreement focused on maintaining essential supply chains during crises, agreed in October. The accord is framed as the world's first legally-binding bilateral supply chain resilience agreement of its kind.

Amazon is launching Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS) to offer logistics services like freight, distribution, fulfillment, and parcel shipping to external businesses, directly competing with established carriers like UPS, DHL, and FedEx. The service mirrors AWS's model by monetizing Amazon's existing infrastructure for third-party use.

Mizkan, a Japanese food company, has suspended sales of four natto products due to supply chain strain caused by increased procurement costs linked to Middle East geopolitical conflict. The company attributes the production pressure to cost inflation in the supply chain.