Posted on 03/13/2020 4:19:09 AM PDT by wbarmy
Now that the number of new people infected with the coronavirus in China is slowing, the country's Communist Party is ratcheting up threats against the West, with a particularly nasty warning about access to life-saving drugs aimed at the United States.
In an article in Xinhua, the state-run media agency that's largely considered the mouthpiece of the party, Beijing bragged about its handling of COVID-19, a virus that originated in Wuhan and has spread quickly around the world, killing nearly 5,000 people and infecting thousands more. The article also claimed that China could impose pharmaceutical export controls which would plunge America into "the mighty sea of coronavirus."
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Trump needs to go dictator. He’s been too wishy-washy.
At some point you have to be the boss and not just defer to others.
Such arrangements require lack of awareness. The supply chain problems bolstered by open threats of withholding manufactured supplies has blown up that lack of transparency.
Unfortunately we’re on the fuzzy side of that lollipop just now.
I would definitely support financial investigations into the officials who supported the tax breaks enabling (nay, profiting) companies to move their production to China.
Did the US too much in the way of assistance re COVID-19? Is that it, you ungrateful bastards?
FO
That’s never going to happen. Changes in policy and what’s considered “acceptable” are the only outcomes to expect. You should know by now that nobody goes to jail or is even fined.
all this bullshit about China being cheaper and it paying off for consumers is nonsense. Have you seen the cost of RX?
nothing coming from China is inexpensive, cheap to make and the globalists billionaires pocket the profit and we still pay high costs of cheap crap imported from China.
TOTALLY agree...and
NEVER FORGET .... Let them rot!
I know, right?
DC is like a morality/ethics free zone.
Right.
Did you notice drugs getting cheap when we moved production to china?
Ya, me neither.
Where’d the money go?
“trading in the free market is incentivized by profit, by self interest”.
I agree with you but think that the negative effects of totally free trade don’t always represent a form of cheating.
If a company makes such an excellent product that it has no competitors, is it cheating if it charges a lot for their product?
There are countless situations that lead to the conclusion that the government has to be a referee.
Two problems are at the forefront now: we’re dependent on China for some essentials, and other countries with lower standards of hygiene mingle with Americans or vice versa and Americans get their sicknesses.
After COVID-19 and if there are drug shortages, he's going to be measured in part by that progress.
BTTT.
“China hints at denying America drugs”
I hope they do it and then I hope the President cuts of all trade with the Chinkcom government!!!
I am ROFL.
Those who opine about the economy and incentives and actions in regard to companies should at least have some demonstrable knowledge. You failed, badly.
I don't know if there's any point in trying to explain why I'm right, and you're wrong. Not just because you have nonsensical answers...but you don't even know what questions to ask.
Let’s ramp up production here big tax breaks and incentives
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I'm going to go listen now....
This is blackmail.
They will regret messing with us when we have a fully American president.
China is using medicine as a weapon.
If they will withhold them, they will poison them.
We need to replace China with Mexico or India and let the Chicoms collapse.
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