On February 24, 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive
order with the policy goal of strengthening and diversifying supply
chains in the United States (the "Order"). The
Order was issued to combat various threats to supply chains which
include pandemics, biological threats, cyber-attacks, climate
shocks and extreme weather events, terrorist attacks, geopolitical
and economic competition, and other conditions that may reduce
critical manufacturing capacity and impact supply chains.
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The Order requires the Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs (APNSA) and the Assistant to
the President for Economic Policy (APEP) to coordinate the
actions of the executive branch to further the policy of building
more resilient supply chains, which includes consultation between
the heads of agencies with outside stakeholders in industry,
academia, non-governmental organizations, communities, labor
unions, and state, local, and
