President Biden’s Executive Order on promoting competition may only accelerate an existing FMC investigation but could also bring the future of shipping alliances into question. Food retailers are starting to hoard against the risk of rising inflation. Also: Nintendo’s Switch reboot takes toll on short-term shipments; General Motors USMCA labor issue resolved, signs supply chain normalizing; China trade boom helped by metals inflation, electronics demand; and D-TPP not CPTPP may be on the agenda.