World Economy Braces For Supply Chain Chaos As COVID Closes China

Zubu Brothers ^ | 3-16-2022

[blam]

Lockdown Of Shenzhen Threatens U.S. With More Inflation And Supply Chain Disruptions

[House Atreides]

Jeez… China still cares about “cases”? The virus is going to have its way, one way or another. Just protect your elderly and vulnerable people and “let ‘er rip” among the young and healthy.

[Does so]

We might have a long wait to replace batteries?

[Eagles6]

5,000 cases of the sniffles causing Omicron in a country of 1.5,000,000,000, that arguably, is the most powerful on earth?

Sorry, ain't buyin' what they're sellin'.

[neverevergiveup]

Wouldn’t happen if Trump was still in the Oval Office.

[nathanbedford]

Tucker Carlson seems to suggest that these shutdowns, while actual shutdowns, are not necessarily Covid related but rather contrived for political reasons.

Perhaps a warning shot to America that China too can impose crippling sanctions on America if we choose to play the sanctions game to deter or punish a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Perhaps an attempt to strengthen the hand of those businesses, institutions and politicians who will lobby to advance China's ambitions and who can be counted on to oppose defensive economic and strategic measures.

The obvious course for America is to take the clear lesson of these supply chain breakdowns to disengage ourselves from China and move toward a mercantilist economy for economic and national security reasons. However, there is simply no chance that this will be done because virtually every important American institution, not excluding the American Congress, has been co-opted by the Chinese. Only some come-to-Jesus moment, some epiphany like a Pearl Harbor, 9/11 or a Great Depression might bestir the people to the level of action necessary.

[Bigbrown]

I took off out of Shenzhen about 14 hours ago, our max takeoff weight is 987,500. We left with a gross weight of 985,500. I guess we must of left without one pallet of rubber dog sh1t. We’re not seeing any slowdown.

[LouieFisk]

“Only some come-to-Jesus moment, some epiphany like a Pearl Harbor, 9/11 or a Great Depression might bestir the people to the level of action necessary.”
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It will probably have to come to something like that.

For the generation brought up to think the most difficult thing in life is deciding which of the 5 dozen genders to be the awakening gonna be a rude one.

[hillarys cankles]

Couple this with Saudi Arabia planning on accepting Yuan for oil (death of the petrodollar) and “you ain’t seen nothing yet!”
The death of the dollar has accelerated 10 fold. And nary a word is being spoken about it anywhere. Oh boy, we are really in for it!

[griswold3]

I, too, think there’s something other than Chinas explanation.

[OHPatriot]

Sure, 5000 CASES sounds like a big number all on itself. Now when you compare 5000 to 1.5 BILLION, not so much.

Perspective people. Stop looking at a number all by itself. Put it into perspective.

Yes, I know this is common sense and I need to go back to re-education camp. Guess I’m too old to learn “new math” tricks.

[joshua c]

yep, they are playing war games

[freespirit2012]

I am sorry, but you can not convince me that China has a zero covid policy. They are not that stupid— no country is.

[Moltke]

a new outbreak of the highly contagious omicron variant has infected more than 5,000 people

If by "more than 5,000" they mean 500,000+, then yeah...otherwise the numbers they continue to publish are not plausible. They lie about EVERYTHING.

[Pagey]

BTTT!

[no-to-illegals]

Imho these reports have nothing to do with covid. My though is the world has entered an economic war. WWII began because of an economic war IIRC and imho

[combat_boots]

Remember this?

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/obama-under-my-plan-electricity-rates-would-necessarily-skyrocket

[blam]

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[bobbo666]

And, as each item formerly in a store becomes scarce, remark on how it was stupid to have moved that manufacturing to the CCP in the first place.

Vital items need mandated manufacturing in your own country. Japan has that as policy.

The only people who object are the ones getting rich skimming $$$ going overseas.