Why Global Supply Chains Have Become So Snarled
This week, more than 60 container ships sat anchored off the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, waiting for their chance to unload as makers of everything from board games to bicycles sweat the looming holiday season. How did the world’s supply chains get so snarled? In the first episode of the new season of Stephanomics, reporters, manufacturers and economists across three continents explain the myriad problems plaguing shippers and offer a sobering prediction for the near future.
First, Enda Curran, Bloomberg’s chief economics correspondent in Asia, takes us to Hong Kong…
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