China's lockdowns in the last couple years have ####ed up so much over here. The time to get things that are traditionally manufactured there have tripled or quadrupled.
The overdependence on China has come back to bite us. It's a big sign that we need to be inventive now to find ways to slowly sever those ties. That as well as nationalizing energy resources that come from within the country. It's all an indication that we've leaned too far into globalization and are paying for it as a result.
That or we need China to stop overreacting to Covid outbreaks and halting operations for it, but nobody is holding their breath for that. If they keep up their interruptions despite these mutations progressively weakening they're going to drive people to seek to find ways to manufacture independently of them. Time is money, and the rate China is trudging out their products/services these days will kill any business with products in high demand.
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