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With global supply chains still reeling in the wake of Covid-19 and the Ukraine war, recent lockdowns in China have compounded the situation. Backlogs have become common place on the USA鈥檚 west coast, but how has trade there recovered? We get the latest from Josh Brazil of supply chain specialists project44. Plus, the 91热爆鈥檚 North America Business Correspondent Samira Hussain reports from Michigan on Ford鈥檚 iconic F-150 pickup getting a fully electric makeover. After Chinese company DJI, the world's largest drone manufacturer, said it鈥檚 suspending sales to Russia and Ukraine, we discuss the reasons behind the decision with David Hambling, author of Swarm Troopers: How small drones will conquer the world. We speak to Matteo Pietrobelli from Oceanix, a company working on a project to hopefully create what鈥檚 been called the world鈥檚 first floating city. Busan in South Korea has unveiled plans to extend out to sea, using floating, interconnected platforms, in a move that it鈥檚 hoped could help to mitigate both rising sea levels and human population numbers. And the 91热爆's Elizabeth Hotson asks whether the false banana, or enset, could help tackle the problem of food insecurity in developing countries.

Throughout the programme we鈥檙e joined live by Rachel Puppazoni, a journalist covering business and the economy for ABC News in Perth, Australia, and by Alison van Diggelen, the host at freshdialogues.com in Silicon Valley.

(Photo: Yangshan deepwater port In Shanghai; Credit: Getty Images)