AMERICA'S SUPPLY CHAINS

Legislation introduced in the Senate on 30 March by Sens. Lankford, Cornyn, Warner and King would seek to establish a secure supply chain of critical minerals to counter mainland China’s market dominance by leveraging the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, which includes the U.S., Australia, India and Japan. More

The White House on 22 December convened a meeting of cabinet members and private sector leaders to discuss progress made to date in alleviating supply chain bottlenecks. The meeting came on the heels of the House of Representatives’ approval of a shipping reform bill that, if enacted into law, would mark the first major update to U.S. shipping laws in nearly a quarter-century. More