{"id":439382,"date":"2026-05-22T03:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T03:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/439382\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T03:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T03:21:20","slug":"global-supply-chains-unstable-for-years-not-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/439382\/","title":{"rendered":"Global supply chains unstable for years, not months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tPosted in<a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.co.nz\/category\/business\/trade\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trade<\/a>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tLarge businesses already understand the severity of disruptions and are diversifying suppliers, regionalising production, and shortening supply chains. Governments are quietly doing the same.\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2248831206-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-featured-image size-newspack-featured-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Container ship unloading at port\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>\t\t\tNew Zealand sits at the far edge of the global trading system. When disruption occurs, it arrives here amplified. Photo: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opinion: There is something quietly absurd about a nation that feeds much of the world finding itself with nowhere to put its food.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has exposed a vulnerability few New Zealanders seriously contemplated: what happens when a country built to export food at scale suddenly struggles to move it offshore.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tSubscribe to continue reading<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center newspack-sign-in wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:13px\">Already have an account? <a href=\"#signin_modal\">Sign In<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\nLimited time offer<\/p>\n<p>Newsroom Pro $199 for 12 months<\/p>\n<p>Save $91 on the usual annual price\n<\/p>\n<p>Unlimited access to Newsroom Pro articles<\/p>\n<p>Bonus subscription for a friend or family member<\/p>\n<p>Exclusive subscriber-only emails <\/p>\n<p>Access to post and read comments on articles<\/p>\n<p>Daily email of news and insights curated by Newsroom Pro editorial team<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.co.nz\/newsroom-pro-subscription\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Looking for a regular or business subscription?  View subscription options<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.co.nz\/author\/mary-watson-burton\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Avatar photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cropped-Mary-Watson-Burton-120x120.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-120 photo\" height=\"120\" width=\"120\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMary Watson\u2011Burton is a values consultant specialising in systems design and the creator of Inclusion Intelligence\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.co.nz\/author\/mary-watson-burton\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Mary Watson-Burton\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.co.nz\/author\/eric-watson\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Avatar photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cropped-Eric-Watson-120x120.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-120 photo\" height=\"120\" width=\"120\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEric Watson is a New Zealand entrepreneur based in Spain, with a keen eye on New Zealand\u2019s place in global affairs.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.co.nz\/author\/eric-watson\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Eric Watson\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"87\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/envelope.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52469\" style=\"width:43px;height:27px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"57\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/daily-briefing-cta.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52470\" style=\"width:202px;height:33px\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Start your day with a curation of our top stories in your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Posted inTrade Large businesses already understand the severity of disruptions and are diversifying suppliers, regionalising production, and shortening&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,11220,219,79983,266,111,7439,139,69,2114,8780,584],"class_list":["post-439382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-comment","tag-economy","tag-foreign-affairs","tag-government","tag-new-zealand","tag-newsroom-pro","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-opinion","tag-premium","tag-trade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}