Tariffs Catch-All

[nycfan]

 

[1moretimeagain]

Kazakhstan has been free-loading for too long. You too, Myanmar.

 

[JosephFreeman]

Pharmaceuticals are next. As a former retail pharmacist I totally support moving production back to the USA.

 

[superrific]

Pharmaceuticals are next. As a former retail pharmacist I totally support moving production back to the USA.

Why does it matter where the pills you pour into bottles are made? Quality is the important thing, not location. Pill mfg is not a high margin business, which is why much of it (though not all!) moved abroad.

 

[JosephFreeman]

National security

 

[superrific]

National security

LOL. Returned troll, I see.

 

[UNCatTech]

Kazakhstan has been free-loading for too long. You too, Myanmar.

400% tariffs to them all.

 

[nycfan]

Any method to changes?

 

[BlooVooDoo]

Why does it matter where the pills you pour into bottles are made? Quality is the important thing, not location. Pill mfg is not a high margin business, which is why much of it (though not all!) moved abroad.

I think there’s a sound argument for diversification of production locations as a hedge against supply chain disruption caused by natural disasters, local political/economic instability, armed conflict, etc. I’d rather that be incentivized through tax policy but that’s a different conversation.

 

[superrific]

Any method to changes?

Yes. This time they are making up nice round numbers instead of making them up with a useless and bullshit formula

 

[UNCatTech]

National security

How?

 

[BlooVooDoo]

LOL. Returned troll, I see.

He’s not a returned troll. He’s a regular on IC.

 

[BillOfRights]

Raising prices by 20% isn’t inflationary, if you don’t think about it. Stop thinking about it.

If we stop testing for COVID, the numbers will go down.
- president donald TACO diet coke Camacho, 2020

 

[superrific]

I think there’s a sound argument for diversification of production locations as a hedge against supply chain disruption caused by natural disasters, local political/economic instability, armed conflict, etc. I’d rather that be incentivized through tax policy but that’s a different conversation.

Right, but we already have diversification of production, right? Drugs are made everywhere.

 

[mpaer]

The

Right, but we already have diversification of production, right? Drugs are made everywhere.

I am no expert but I think keyelements to produce drugs come from Chiner

 

[dukeman92]

You too, Myanmar.

 

[nycfan]

 

[JosephFreeman]

I was a retail pharmacist for 27 years. Over that time it went from 90% domestically produced medications to around 5%
If we can all agree the world is getting dangerous I would think this an issue of national security

 

[nycfan]

 

[HintonJamesHeel]

Why does it matter where the pills you pour into bottles are made? Quality is the important thing, not location. Pill mfg is not a high margin business, which is why much of it (though not all!) moved abroad.

Because of situations like Covid. China turned off all supply of masks and equipment they made to keep it for them wives. That’s not a way to have a supply chain.