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America’s Dependence on China Is a Crisis in the Making
Increased domestic shipping and shipbuilding are key to both America’s national security and economy
America’s supply chain crisis is far from over. Persistent backlogs at West Coast ports have led shippers to reroute their cargoes to the east.
- Brent D. Sadler
- The National Interest
As a result, container ships now sit offshore at ports such as New York, Houston, and Savannah, waiting in queue to offload.
What first triggered the unfamiliar phenomenon of our barren shop shelves was COVID-19 and a series of ill-advised policies implemented to “stop the spread.”
Suddenly, there were too few dockworkers, too few warehouse workers, and…