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Re:Missing businesswoman urges ex-husband not to publish boo... by echelon on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @02:19AM (#28441520)
We can get everything we currently get from China from India and Vietnam instead. It's just a matter of time.

The focus of the 2020s and 2030s will be decoupling and decentralizing. New trading partners will be comfortably lower down the value chain, and we won't make the mistake of letting suppliers turn into adversaries again.

Re:Missing businesswoman urges ex-husband not to publish boo... by dustintrex on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @02:34AM (#28441628)
Oh yes we will, because business chases after the absolute lowest cost, and for manufacturing anything more complex than a T-shirt, the place to be remains China.
Re:Missing businesswoman urges ex-husband not to publish boo... by eeiac928 on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @03:23AM (#28441934)
Businesses tend to prefer paying through the nose when it makes sense to for the executives to pay themselves and their allies. The absolute lowest number on cost is zero. China's governing organising principle over the last two U. S. presidents sounds rational if you compare the imagery of Jan 6's q-anon-man to 89's tankman.
Re:Missing businesswoman urges ex-husband not to publish boo... by beaunative on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @03:25AM (#28441951)
You are reading a lot on the 'conflicts' between China and the United States because China is potentially challenging US' dominance, and having competing interests in more areas than any would want.

You wouldn't read this thirty years ago, not when the Soviet Union still have its influence. When the US is trying to have China on its side. Shared and competiing interest is, and will always the core of any diplomatic relationship. China isn't any less commie or more worker-friendly back then, but that wasn't the focus of the conversation isn't it.

Vietnam isn't less commie than China is. India doesn't have better working conditions than China is. We aren't reading them because they are not as significant. Vietnam is simply too small, and India is still struggling to find its own way.

Re:Missing businesswoman urges ex-husband not to publish boo... by Chris2048 on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @07:51AM (#28443557)
I'm not sure about India, but why not Taiwan / Thailand / Indonesia etc.