Inside the broken supply chain squeezing businesses everywhere

Loaded barges are moved by tug through the locks on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and into the Mississippi River. (File photo)

The commercial pipeline that each year brings $1 trillion worth of toys, clothing, electronics and furniture from Asia to the U.S. is clogged and no one knows how to unclog it.


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