The U.S. government has provided a half-billion dollar contract for supplies of COVID-19 test kits, demonstrating the way future onshoring strategies may work. The surge in Transpacific shipping has led HMM to continue an ad-hoc service. Also: Hapag-Lloyd upgrades as Brazil, U.S. operations continue to struggle; Nissan, GM may face supply chain challenges as U.S. auto sales recover; days of burden sharing are gone as import price inflation returns; Brexit ball in Johnson’s court as last-last talks set to begin; trade policy takes back (or no) seat in Biden, Trump town halls; counter-stri...