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In Business: Supply Chains vs Covid-19

The impact of the coronavirus

Supply Chains vs Covid-19

BBC Radio 4 - In Business, Supply Chains vs Covid-19

How coronavirus is straining global delivery networks.

How coronavirus is putting global delivery networks under severe strain.

Ruth Alexander examines whether the complex global web of supply chains can hold up under the enormous pressure of the coronavirus pandemic. 
 
Looking further into the future, she and Jonty Bloom ask whether this global shock has shown that the days of the speedy delivery of a huge choice of cheap goods from all over the world is over. 
 
Presenter: Ruth Alexander 
Producers: Caroline Bayley and Lizzy McNeill

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