If the situation escalates, the car companies or their direct suppliers may have to support smaller companies in the supply chain to protect their production plans.
The mechanism will consist of a direct ban on purchases, which would take effect on January 1, as well as an indirect ban, which would kick in more gradually.
UPS said in August that the heated discussions caused about 1.2 million packages per day of lost volume — either directly to competitors or new business that didn’t occur.