Biden Takes Victory Lap, Saying Holiday-Shipping Crisis Averted

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Biden speaks while meeting with the Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 22.

Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg
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President Joe Biden said that his administration, together with labor unions and companies, succeeded in averting a holiday-season supply-chain crisis.

“Earlier this fall, we heard a lot of dire warnings about supply-chain problems leading to a crisis around the holidays,” Biden said at the White House. “So we acted. We brought together business and labor leaders to solve problems. The much-predicted crisis didn’t occur.”