Supply Chain Issues Could Last as Long as Pandemic: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg

Supply Chain Issues Could Last as Long as Pandemic: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg
Cargo containers are stacked at the Port of Long Beach, Calif., on Oct. 27, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Katabella Roberts
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday said that supply chain issues impacting industries across the globe could continue to play out for as long as the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Look, there are so many things that are still happening in our economy—distortions, disruptions, things in our supply chain that are affecting prices that are clearly a direct consequence of the pandemic. Which is why the best thing we can do for our economy in the short term, and to deal with these transitory issues, is to put the pandemic behind us,” Buttigieg told host Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.
Katabella Roberts
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Katabella Roberts is a news writer for The Epoch Times, focusing primarily on the United States, world, and business news.
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