Biden Races Clock and Holds Few Tools in Supply-Chain Crisis

  • Record imports, labor shortages creating bottlenecks
  • Supply-chain companies fighting Washington regulatory battles

Container vessels off shore from the Long Beach/Los Angeles port complex.

Photographer: Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Getty Images

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U.S. ports are full of goods, U.S. yards and warehouses are full of goods, hardly anyone wants to drive a truck to pick up and deliver those goods and those who do sit waiting in lines, often unpaid.

And Americans continue to buy more stuff from abroad than ever.