The US supply chain crisis continues The US media revealed that the White House is considering mobilizing the National Guard to bail out

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On October 17, local time, in New Jersey, USA, the port was full of containers.

Overseas network on October 21, the US supply chain tension continues, the US media on Wednesday (20th) quoted people familiar with the matter to disclose that the White House is studying whether to mobilize the National Guard to support logistics such as transportation, to alleviate the supply chain crisis.

Comprehensive "Washington Post", CNN and other media reported on the 20th, a person familiar with the matter revealed that the senior official of the White House economic team and the transportation department official in charge of supply chain problems recently discussed ways to solve the supply chain tension and considered mobilizing the National Guard at the state level.

People familiar with the matter said that if the National Guard is to be mobilized to solve the supply chain problem, it will have to solve a series of problems, including whether the National Guard will drive trucks in the absence of drivers, whether to assist in unloading at the port, and White House officials have recently reviewed the types of driver's licenses held by Members of the National Guard and have assessed whether they can be sent to be truck drivers without affecting their defense tasks.

However, people familiar with the matter also said that the mobilization of the National Guard is not imminent, and although the US government has not ruled out any plan at present, it is unlikely to be implemented at this time. (Overseas Network Yao Kaihong)

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