Former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao says the Biden administration is adding inflation pressure to an already 'fragile, vulnerable' supply chain.
"This is putting increasing demand at precisely the time when the supply chain is actually quite still fragile and vulnerable," Chao said.
Uncertainty surrounding further supply chain delays forces consumers and companies to order more products now before they run out, according to the former Transportation Secretary."They're not quite sure if they're going to get what they need within the time-space that they need," Chao explained, "so they order more, and that increases, again, the pressure on the supply chain.
"Those include truckers who have kept our shelves fully stocked," she noted, "and railroad workers, port workers and also air traffic control workers."
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