AMERICA's biggest retail lobby asked Congress to pass a US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package and updated shipping and trucking laws to ease a supply-chain crisis that's raising prices and causing shortages, reports Bloomberg.
Lawmakers 'can help retailers keep store shelves stocked and address some of the issues plaguing supply chains by acting on a few pieces of critical legislation.' said the National Retail Federation.
Logjams throughout manufacturing, transport, retail, and labour have declined to the point that the Biden administration set up a task force to smooth out the bottlenecks as the holiday season approaches.
The infrastructure bill would make funds available to modernise ports, roads, and bridges.
Outdated federal regulations prohibit truckers 18 to 20 from driving across state lines, further hindering the driver shortage that the American Trucking Associations estimates at 80,000.
The bipartisan Drive Safe Act would allow for the legal operation of a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce by holders of commercial drivers' licences under the age of 21.
In a July executive order, us President Joe Biden targeted uncompetitive practices in the container-shipping industry, where 85 per cent of capacity is controlled by about 10 major carriers, calling on the Federal Maritime Commission to vigorously enforce rules so exporters aren't hit with increased charges.
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Lawmakers 'can help retailers keep store shelves stocked and address some of the issues plaguing supply chains by acting on a few pieces of critical legislation.' said the National Retail Federation.
Logjams throughout manufacturing, transport, retail, and labour have declined to the point that the Biden administration set up a task force to smooth out the bottlenecks as the holiday season approaches.
The infrastructure bill would make funds available to modernise ports, roads, and bridges.
Outdated federal regulations prohibit truckers 18 to 20 from driving across state lines, further hindering the driver shortage that the American Trucking Associations estimates at 80,000.
The bipartisan Drive Safe Act would allow for the legal operation of a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce by holders of commercial drivers' licences under the age of 21.
In a July executive order, us President Joe Biden targeted uncompetitive practices in the container-shipping industry, where 85 per cent of capacity is controlled by about 10 major carriers, calling on the Federal Maritime Commission to vigorously enforce rules so exporters aren't hit with increased charges.
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