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Apr 2020
27m 51s

Supply Chains vs Covid-19

BBC Radio
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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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