Nick Loris was quoted in The Daily Signal on the ways in which China’s heatwave has threatened its role in the global supply chain.
“Nick Loris, the vice president of public policy at the Conservative Coalition for Climate Solutions, spoke of the impact of the heat wave on large corporations, such as Tesla and Apple.
‘We’ve seen a number of factories and businesses closing temporarily. I believe Tesla and Apple temporarily closed some of their manufacturing facilities in China. Given what we’ve seen with the causes of supply chain problems and kind of what happens when those are mucked up—we saw that previously as a result of COVID—this heat wave can either prolong some of those supply chain challenges or exacerbate them.'”