Title page
Contents
Summary 4
01. Introduction 5
02. Global supply chains: Definition, trends and misperceptions 8
03. Supply-chain vulnerabilities and objectives for resilience 14
Sources of supply-chain vulnerabilities 14
Government motivations for strengthening supply-chain resilience 15
Corporate vs government level 17
04. A public policy toolbox and potential hurdles 18
Government action targeted at firms 21
Governments as the primary actor 26
The role of technology 27
05. Existing efforts for supply-chain resilience 28
The US 28
Europe 30
Japan 31
'Minilateral' initiatives 32
Global initiatives 33
06. Conclusions and recommendations 35
Domestic level: principles for supply-chain resilience 35
Bilateral and regional level: working with allies 37
Global level: the importance of WTO reform 39
The bottom line: balancing multiple dimensions 40
About the author 42
Acknowledgments 42
Table 1. Overview of strategies for supply-chain resilience 19
Figure 1. Moving beyond the traditional trade-off between efficiency and resilience 11
Boxes
Box 1. The COVID-19 pandemic and beyond - China's grip on supply chains? 12