2021 was a year of dislocation and disruption in global supply chains. Talk is turning to the theme of deglobalisation, where the rate of growth of interconnection between markets slows or even reverses. Some of this talk is COVID-related, of course. The images of empty shelves, of higher prices on menus, of container ships stacked like unloved Lego blocks outside superports, all give the impression of increasing disorder. We don’t need crystal balls to predict Covid will continue to disrupt our lives in 2022. We are in a race between science and nature, and Omicron shows nature is winning because…