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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jack Simpson, Phillip Inman and Jillian Ambrose

Global supply chains are under pressure again. Will inflation start rising?

A ship's hull piled high with containers in the foreground, with the Manhattan skyline in the background
A container ship sits off Manhattan while waiting for the port of Newark to reopen. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

With a pandemic that upended global trade through lockdowns and travel restrictions still fresh in managers’ minds, international supply chains are again under pressure.

Shippers are facing myriad issues, from the conflict in the Middle East and drought in Central America to strike action in the US, and companies are finding it more difficult – and more expensive – to transport supplies.

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