The UK Department for Business and Trade has launched the Critical Imports and Supply Chains Strategy, safeguarding UK supplies of critical goods such as medicines, minerals, and semiconductors, a press release said.
"Cutting-edge research will be used to map the impacts of shocks on supply chains, such as those caused by the COVID pandemic and [the] war in Ukraine and understand how the UK can secure the goods we need in [the] future," the release said, "helping UK companies build