C-NET has been doing a great series on what it means, and what it takes, to be made in America. The answer is not as straightforward as it might seem. With the pandemic and chaos in America’s supply chains, many people have been trying to figure out the cause(s) of the mess.

According to C-NET, a big cause of the problem is Americans sitting at home, doing nothing, and buying unprecedented amounts of stuff online, especially from Amazon. That, combined with added measures to keeping workers safe while delivering supplies around the world and a host of other factors, has been a big part of the reason people will probably not get their gifts on time during the holiday season.

“[So we’re] looking to identify very specific gaps and figuring out the best way to go about creating resilient supply chains,” Celeste Drake, the administration’s Made in America director, told CNET’s Connie Guglielmo and Maggie Reardon last month. “This is not about bringing every far-flung supply chain to the United States.” 

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