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Re:A Novel Mechanical Ventilator Designed for Mass Scale Pro... by anonsubmit2671 on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @11:32PM (#22681729)
That's a problem. If a country doesn't have manufacturing capacity, other countries can use that as leverage in the geopolitical sphere. This is one example of where the interests of corporations and countries conflict.
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Re:A Novel Mechanical Ventilator Designed for Mass Scale Pro... by andromeduck on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @05:37AM (#22683135)
That's Taiwan and Hong Kong in a nutshell.
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Re:A Novel Mechanical Ventilator Designed for Mass Scale Pro... by anonsubmit2671 on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @10:25PM (#22690331)
Sadly, true.

The flip-side of globalization is there are unlikely to be any more large-scale conventional or NBC wars (only proxy, cyber and economic wars) because of extreme economic interdependency.

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