Cisco, Deere Face Supply Chain Scrutiny: US Earnings Week Ahead

Deere & Co., Cisco Systems Inc. and Applied Materials Inc. face questions about their global supply chains as pressure mounts on US companies to manufacture within the country to avoid the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.

This week’s reports should reveal some resilience as consumers and companies acted ahead of expected price rises by front-loading orders and stockpiling parts. As inventories are drawn down, higher import duties on almost all US trading partners have kicked inand major corporations are rushing to move parts of their production onshore to avoid even greater levies.

Farm-machinery maker Deere has already ...