By Dan Ronan
Yantian Port
...Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (click here) President Mark Baxa said the global supply chain was quite fragile before COVID-19 and that Trump administration tariffs against China in 2018 shocked the supply chain.
“It was not long after the introduction of the tariffs that we faced this global pandemic, and that was a crushing impact.”
Kidd said the supply chain challenges are exacerbated by the enormous amount of cargo still to be unloaded at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach — the nation’s biggest, respectively. Sixty-two ships were waiting to be unloaded on Oct. 12, and some have waited for as long as 24 days to obtain a berth....
...Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (click here) President Mark Baxa said the global supply chain was quite fragile before COVID-19 and that Trump administration tariffs against China in 2018 shocked the supply chain.
“It was not long after the introduction of the tariffs that we faced this global pandemic, and that was a crushing impact.”
Kidd said the supply chain challenges are exacerbated by the enormous amount of cargo still to be unloaded at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach — the nation’s biggest, respectively. Sixty-two ships were waiting to be unloaded on Oct. 12, and some have waited for as long as 24 days to obtain a berth....
Once the ports in the USA are clear and they are back to business as usual, the ports in China where all these containers are packed for shipment to the USA, there are enormous problems, including rotting produce probably.
It is time to realize part of China's national defense is to undo every aspect of the USA democracy. It is time to reassess that relationship and move to bring the supply chain into other countries we trust and call friends.
