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Pete Buttigieg: “During the supply chain crisis of 2021, we found that…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Pete Buttigieg at the 2026 Global Progress Action Summit - 5/9/2026

Published | Video Starts at 28:54

But even at the very same moments where I might be in a tug of war with a given industry or a given company about, for example, airline customer service or freight railroad service, right. We would also bring them to the table. During the supply chain crisis of 2021, we found that beneficial cargo owners, ocean shipping, labor, customer, a whole bunch of ports, a bunch of people actually weren't talking to each other. because they were in a competitive mindset, did not have the trust that you were talking about, Minister, and only we could set the table. (28:54–29:13)

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Asserts that during the 2021 supply chain crisis, key stakeholders were not communicating effectively.

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