CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A leading authority on supply chain, geopolitical tensions and financial risks in China says that country’s zero-COVID-19 policy exposed an already fractured global supply chain.
Leland Miller, CEO of China Beige Book, which compiles independent Chinese economic data, urges companies to diversify and disentangle themselves from the world’s second-largest manufacturer and exporter of goods.
“What really broke the dam on this is COVID-zero because you had all these problems,”...