Has Big Pharma Sold Us Out?

[seer]

This is especially relevant in light of the of COVID-19 scare...

U.S. Dependence on Pharmaceutical Products From China
Gary Cohn, then chief economic advisor to President Trump, argued against a trade war with China by invoking a Department of Commerce study that found that 97 percent of all antibiotics in the United States came from Chinahttps://www.cfr.org/blog/us-dependen...products-china

U.S. policymakers worry about China 'weaponizing' drug exports

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/1...exports-088126

[Mountain Man]

Not just "big pharma". A lot of industries sold out to China years ago, which is why President Trump has been working so hard to reset the trade imbalance and bring them back to US soil.

[mikewhitney]

Interesting.

Free trade is not so good when we have to rely on a probable enemy to supply us with food and medicine.

[seer]

Interesting.

Free trade is not so good when we have to rely on a probable enemy to supply us with food and medicine.

Of course it is not good then...

[mikewhitney]

when is the last time that Big Pharma has acted in the interest of the American people?

[seer]

China Threatens to Throw America 'Into the Mighty Sea of the Coronavirus.'



https://nationalinterest.org/feature...navirus-130877

[demi-conservative]

It's capitalism, seer. Free market, free trade, and all that jazz.

[demi-conservative]

when is the last time that Big Pharma has acted in the interest of the American people?

The magic invisible hand means everyone benefits

[demi-conservative]

selling out

Capitalism means selling your workers out and coercing them to train their replacements

[demi-conservative]

Posted two posts here by mistake instead of in another thread. Nothing to see here, folks, except capitalism at work.