Originally Posted by
labbats
That article acts as if Chinese control over manufacturing was something they came by through nefarious means instead of being the cheapest.
Blame the race to the bottom for higher stock prices or corporate greed, but not some scheme by the Chinese to take over the world.
So are they suggesting higher priced clothing and pharmaceuticals by moving manufacturing away from some foreign dynasty? Try getting that past a democratic debate!
I didn’t see anything claiming “nefarious means”, unless you consider corporate Boards always looking for cheapest over Made in America. The Chinese are nefarious about a lot of things, but as you point out, we’ve done this to ourselves.
Hopefully this latest virus will cause us to wake up to our pharmaceutical supply chain and consider it as important as our defense industry supply chain. Depending on any foreign nation, especially China, for 90% of our antibiotics is unacceptable.
As for a Democratic debate, that’s an easy one once the unions get on board with “Make it in America Again”.