(Source: The Hill opinion column by CN CEO J.J. Ruest and KCS CEO Patrick Ottensmeyer, June 24, 2021)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — One of the lessons of the coronavirus pandemic is that shorter supply chains are vital. This is especially true as global supply chain bottlenecks have choked the flow of everything from computer chips to breakfast cereal. The urgency of the issue was highlighted when President Biden earlier this month convened an emergency task force to study this supply chain problem that “threaten[s] America’s economic and national security.”
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