President Joe Biden has announced the ports will work around the clock to clear out the shipping containers, although some experts have doubts about the plan.
, director of the Supply Chain Management Forum at Colorado State University, said in an email. "These ships are allowed to enter the ports to be loaded and unloaded."Cargo containers wait to be transported after being offloaded at the Port of Los Angeles, Oct 16, 2021 in San Pedro, Calif. Supply chain issues have caused shortages of goods throughout the country with cargo ships waiting off shore in Southern California to offload.
The Trump-era executive order cited in the Facebook post prohibits Americans from investing in companies linked to the Chinese military. Experts say it has no bearing on the cargo backlog at U.S. ports."This online claim seems to be completely off-base," Morgan Finkelstein, a spokesperson for the Treasury Department's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, said in an email.
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