Fact check: Cargo backlog due to supply chain snags, not executive order
The increasingly popular claim that cargo backlog is due to ships being 'banned from doing business on our soil' has been fact-checked. Instead, snags in the supply chain are to blame.
The increasingly popular claim that cargo backlog is due to ships being 'banned from doing business on our soil' has been fact-checked. Instead, snags in the supply chain are to blame.
In this story published Oct. 27, 2021, on USA Today:
The majority of these banned companies do not appear as 'shippers' on any import records since 2007. A few companies do appear as 'shippers,' but those imports are minimal and mostly halted around 2020.
– Mikaella Polyviou, assistant professor of supply chain management
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