[Info-vax] [OT] USA

[Simon Clubley]

On 2023-06-19, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> On 6/19/2023 1:43 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> That's all well and good Rob, but what happens when China grows a bit
>> stronger and then decides to show you who the boss is by cutting off
>> your imports ?
>
> Americans can no longer get cheap furniture, cheap tools and all
> sorts of cheap junk from China.
>
> They will survive.
>

They also can't get all the medical supplies and critical equipment
now produced in China, and which would need a _serious_ amount of time
to rebuild that infrastructure within the US.

Are you sure about the above ?

>>                                                     That's where the US
>> currently gets most of its bullying power from.
>
> It doesn't really give any power.
>

Yes, it does. The US is currently using its power to force its allies
to also impose sanctions. In a more general way, the US imposes a threat
of being frozen out of the US banking system to get its way.

>> In the old days, your military had to worry about protecting your
>> industrial base from an enemy. These days, all your enemy needs to
>> do is to threaten to stop sending you the goods they now produce
>> for you.
>
> If the goods are critical yes.
>
> But China export is mostly consumer stuff.
>

So what happened to the supply chains during Covid was an illusion ?
(And that was with China still trying to meet its obligations!)

BTW, where did the Covid-specific medical supplies come from ?

Simon.

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