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China Is Destroying America’s PPE Industry: Subsidies, Tariffs Would Protect It for the Next Emergency

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China Is Destroying America’s PPE Industry: Subsidies, Tariffs Would Protect It for the Next Emergency
Workers are producing masks at a factory in Nanchang, China, on April 8, 2020. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Anders Corr
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China is destroying America’s fledgling personal protective equipment (PPE) industry. The industry, which produces American-made masks and gowns, is being driven out of business by China’s exports, priced below the cost of production even in China, according to an American manufacturing group.
Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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