Topic: Supply Chain Stability
Country: United States of America
Delegate Name: Samuel Solow
School: Francis W. Parker School
Topic Page: Background Guide and All Position Papers All United States Position Papers GLIMUN 2024 Committees
The United States, since its independence from Britain, has been a crucial part of the
world supply chain. The United States also created the practices and technology needed to
establish the modern supply chain, revolutionizing the global supply chain and making it what
we know it as today1
.
The Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) Port Infrastructure Development Program
(PIDP) received $2.25 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure plan to modernize and improve
port infrastructure and freight transportation to stay in line with the country’s needs2
. In
November of 2023, President Biden held the inaugural meeting of the Council on Supply Chain
Resilience. The goal of the council is to make the United States supply chain more resilient to
anything that may threaten its stability. The United States has also announced $275 million in
grant selections for its Advanced Energy Manufacturing and Recycling Grant Program to help
communities in America affected by coal mining, this will also attempt to invest in clean energy
and will help the national supply chain3
.
The White House has announced plans to build over 850 ports and waterway projects to
help strengthen the supply chain and American ports. This comes with the announcement of
$580 million to fund over 31 port improvement projects in 15 states and one US Territory. This
project will span ports in the great lakes, inland river ports, and ocean ports4. The goal is to
strengthen the American supply chain, which will in turn support the world supply chain. The
United States also hopes to accomplish lowering overall costs of the ports, creating jobs for the
ports, increasing the capacity of the ports, and increasing port-efficiency. The United States has
continually invested in the country’s supply chain stability, which in turn has made the global
supply chain much more stable, and the United States will continue to do so. The United States is
seeking to develop a global supply chain that can withstand evolving threats and can quickly
recover from anything that may disrupt it5
.
5 National Strategy for Global Supply Chain …,
4
“Investing in America: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $580 Million for Ports to
Strengthen American Supply Chains and Lower Costs.” U.S. Department of Transportation,
3
“Fact Sheet: President Biden Announces New Actions to Strengthen America’s Supply Chains, Lower
Costs for Families, and Secure Key Sectors.” The White House, The United States Government, 26 Nov.
2023
2
“Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains.” The White House, The United States Government, 24
Feb. 2021
1 Sanyal, Sanjeev. “A Brief History of Supply Chains.” The Globalist, 8 June 2022
