News / Western governments look to boost supply chain resilience with new laws

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Western governments are looking to increase supply chain resilience as efforts to pull away from over-reliance on China and to mitigate concerns of its ’malign influence’ continue.

These noises have drawn the support of industry, with UK trade associations urging the government add a minister of logistics to the cabinet, while in the US, the formation of a Supply Chain Council has been followed by amendments to its shipping laws.

Cross-party support saw US lawmakers pass ...