Global supply chain crisis flares up again where it all began
China’s stringent rules to curb COVID-19 are about to unleash another wave of summer chaos on supply chains between Asia, the US and Europe. Beijing’s zero-tolerance approach amid an escalating virus outbreak brings the pandemic full circle, more than two years after its emergence in Wuhan upended the global economy. Shipping congestion at Chinese ports, combined with Russia’s war in Ukraine, risks a one-two punch that threatens to derail the recovery, already buffeted by inflation pressures and headwinds to growth. Even if the virus is reined in, the disruptions will ripple globally —...
Source: taipeitimes.com
