The Biden administration’s aims to secure U.S. supplies of large scale batteries will require access to intellectual property as well as materials and investment. Ford is the latest automaker to remove content from trucks due to the semiconductor shortage. Also: Marfrig invests in U.S. beef as export demand slows; tariffs complicate chassis supplies in congested logistics network; Evergreen blocks Suez Canal, adding to global logistics congestion; and EU-first vaccine policy set to be extended.