critical inputs in our economy get where they need to get. reporter: the slowdown of the global sly upply chain is worki against consumer demand. this company that tracks cargo around the world is watching china closely. where exports are stalled because of covid lockdowns. it is a serious danger. i don t think we sounded the all clear at all. reporter: instead, hundreds of cargo ships sitting idle at chinese ports, waiting for goods to transport. but flex port says eventually they re heading this way. potentially creating major traffic jams at u.s. ports again. this is not just, you know, americans wanting to have so many imported consumer goods. even those goods that are produced or packaged in the united states, you need to bring in parts, ingredients, whatever, and when those get interrupted, it interrupts american production as well. reporter: and at challenge printing company, they have a new drug to package, covid
the relentless slowdown is working against consumer demand. flex port, a freight forwarding company that tracks cargo around the world is watching china closely. exports are stalled because of covid lockdowns. it is a serious danger. i don t think we ve sounded the all-clear at all. instead, hundred of cargo ships waiting in ports waiting to transport. flex port said eventually they re heading this way. potentially creating major traffic jams at u.s. ports again. this is not just americans wanting to have so many imported consumer goods. even those goods that are produced or packaged in the united states, you need to bring in parts, ingredients, whatever, when those get interrupted, it interrupts american production as well. and a challenge printing company. they have a new drug to package. covid therapeutics, bringing another new challenge.
to the money lead, another challenge for the biden administration. a supply chain backlog with no sign that it will pick up any time soon. one major slowdown is in china. specifically, shanghai. the world s third largest city, which is still on lockdown due to covid cases. that means, of course, cargo sitting in shanghai ports cannot move. as cnn reports for us now, some companies are warning the backlog could soon have a life threatening ripple effect here in the united states. reporter: this small box made of something called board stock plays a big role in the pharmaceutical supply chain. without the products that we produce, the pharmaceutical product cannot get to the market. reporter: the challenge printing company says it packages more than 1,000 drugs, including life saving cancer