Biden’s Supply Chain Speech in Italy Sounded Like Saying Attributed to Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini “The Trains Will Run On Time”
Guest post by Bob Bishop
The G20 (comprising 19 countries and the European Union) met in Rome this past weekend to address the global supply chain crisis, international taxes, and climate change. Three of America’s largest importers China, Japan, and Mexico leaders, were absent.
President Biden held a press conference focusing on the fragility of the global supply chains. Biden’s Rome speech finished by channeling Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini by quoting the need for “the trains run on time.”
Then we have to prevent this from happening again, in the future. Now that we have seen how vulnerable these lines of global commerce can be, we cannot go back to business as usual. This last pandemic won’t be the last global health crisis we face.