Posted on 04/12/2020 5:45:24 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
As they battle a pandemic that has no regard for borders, the leaders of many of the world’s largest economies are in the thrall of unabashedly nationalist principles, undermining collective efforts to tame the novel coronavirus.
The United States, an unrivaled scientific power, is led by a president who openly scoffs at international cooperation while pursuing a global trade war. India, which produces staggering amounts of drugs, is ruled by a Hindu nationalist who has ratcheted up confrontation with neighbors. China, a dominant source of protective gear and medicines, is bent on a mission to restore its former imperial glory.
Now, just as the world requires collaboration to defeat the coronavirus - scientists joining forces across borders to create vaccines, and manufacturers coordinating to deliver critical supplies - national interests are winning out. This time, the contest is over far more than which countries will make iPads or even advanced jets. This is a battle for supremacy over products that may determine who lives and who dies.
At least 69 countries have banned or restricted the export of protective equipment, medical devices or medicines, according to the Global Trade Alert project at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The World Health Organization is warning that protectionism could limit the global availability of vaccines.
With every country on the planet in need of the same lifesaving tools at once, national rivalries are jeopardizing access for all.
“The parties with the deepest pockets will secure these vaccines and medicines, and essentially, much of the developing world will be entirely out of the picture,” said Simon Evenett, an expert on international trade who started the University of St. Gallen project. “We will have rationing by price. It will be brutal.”
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:...undermining collective efforts ...”
Yup, they pulled their pants down almost immediately.
Eff them and the low IQ they rode in on.
Funny how sci fi flicks and video games depicting these scenarios has come to the fore front. AGENDA 21 population control, We have a pandemic that we released and is culling the herd, we have a vaccine that only the very few and selected can have, the new world we promised is at hand. Sounds crazy, think about it
The Peace of Westphalia (1648) is still a good idea.
NYT: what a despicable purveyor of collectivist propaganda.
Collectivist is right... they can’t even write an article individually. It took 4 of them to write this one.
It took FOUR DIP-SH*TS to write this!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!The media are SO STUPID!
The goal of this cabal is eloquently stated by Ayn Rand:
“There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.”
Who can forget the outpouring of financial aid when Katrina struck? Or the Loma Prieta earthquake in California? Yep, the world stepped right up and rushed to our side.
Globalism created this problem, so obviously, more globalism will solve it.
Brilliant!
NYT propaganda/fakenews......it take four writers to make this stuff up.
Not enough nationalism, particularly American, allowed China to curse us with its hegemonic actions.
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