APRIL2022SecuringMedicalSupplyChainswithTrustedTradePartnersWesternHemisphereCaseStudiesByMeredithBroadbentIntroductionThereisbipartisanconsensusonCapitolHillandintheBidenadministrationregardingexcessivedependenceonChinesemanufacturingandproduction.AnextensionofthisisthatdiversificationofsupplychainsforcertainmedicalproductswillmakeU.S.citizensmoresecureinfightingfutureinfectiousdiseases.Whilethereisconflictingevidenceontheextenttowhichcompaniesareinfactrelocatingsupplychains,a2020surveyof260globalsupplychainleadersindicates33percenthadmovedsourcingandmanufacturingactivitiesoutofChinaorplantomovewithinthenextthreeyears.Oneinfourrespondentssaidtheyhadeithe...
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