Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2020
China debates cutting US access to drugs as hostilities spike
10 September 2020 - Some government advisers say China should cut drug exports to the US if Washington increases sanctions.
In recent weeks, as the United States has ramped up its attacks on Chinese tech firms and the threat of financial decoupling has grown, government advisers in Beijing have begun debating a so-called nuclear option: cutting US access to medicines.
From pills for pain relief to HIV medications, the US is heavily reliant on imported medicines from China thanks to large-scale offshoring in the 1990s.
