Biden to convene new supply chain council and announce 30 steps to strengthen US logistics

By JOSH BOAK
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will convene the first meeting of his supply chain resilience council. He’s using Monday’s event to announce 30 actions to improve access to medicine and needed economic data and other programs tied to the production and shipment of goods. The announcement comes after supply chain problems fueled higher inflation as the United States recovered from the pandemic in 2021. Consumer prices are down from last year’s peaks. But polling shows that inflation remains a political challenge for Biden going into the 2024 presidential election.