30
March 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Securing US-Japan Supply Chains After the Pandemic

Virtual Event | Securing US-Japan Supply Chains After the Pandemic

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
March 30, 2021
30
March 2021
Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:
Jingo Kikukawa

Director, Policy Planning and Coordination Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI

Shihoko Goto

Deputy Director for Geoeconomics and Senior Associate for Northeast Asia, Asia Program, The Wilson Center

Thomas Duesterberg

Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Riley Walters
Riley Walters

Senior Fellow

Please be advised: This event will premiere LIVE on this page at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, March 30.

Join Hudson Institute’s Japan Chair Deputy Director Riley Walters, Senior Fellows Thomas Duesterberg and experts John Lee, and Shihoko Goto and Jingo Kikukawa for a discussion on how the U.S. and Japan should approach the challenge of securing supply chains.

The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent recession delivered a shock to global supply and demand for goods and services. Even now, shortages persist in both the manufacturing and labor markets, leading to delays in global supply chains. In June, the Japanese government initiated a subsidy program to assist companies looking to diversify and build resiliency for their supply networks. This February, President Joe Biden signed an executive order calling for a review of the semiconductor, high-capacity batteries, critical minerals, and pharmaceutical supply chains. What other steps are being taken to secure U.S.-Japan supply chains? How should the U.S. and Japanese governments think about building supply chain resiliency? Join our expert panelists for this timely discussion.

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