President Biden wants supply chains to start and end in US, says his Indian-American advisor Ramamurti

Washington: Having learnt the bitter lessons of disruptions in supply chain during and after the COVID-19 crisis, Joe Biden wants the entire system of producing and delivering a product or service to start and end in the US to reduce “vulnerability”, according to Bharat Ramamurti, the President’s top economic advisor. Ramamurti said the Biden administration is looking to build up the American manufacturing capacity in key areas like clean energy production, semiconductors and related industries as well as anything related to infrastructure.