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Samsung Electronics North America CEO joins White House meeting, committing to help resolve supply chain issues
10/14/2021
By Tim Sheppard, Vice President, Logistics
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many challenges to the economy and our industry, among them the disruption of global supply chains. Today, we were honored to have Samsung Electronics North America President and Chief Executive Officer KS Choi meet with Vice President Kamala Harris, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese, along with CEOs of other major companies and other officials to discuss solutions to supply chain issues, and we appreciate the President’s leadership on this issue.
During the meeting, Samsung, with cooperation from its supply chain partners, committed to move an additional 5,000 containers (an increase of nearly 60%) out of the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports over the next 90 days. To accomplish this we will work with our trucking providers and take advantage of the ports’ increase to 24/7 operation.