Which Problem

Since the 1990s China has been the dominant maker of the active ingredients most drugs need, and a tariff now hangs over India's generic pills. Lord Ozen boasts that a tariff brings every pill home. Old Tane: the ingredients are Chinese, India wants them back, and its drugmakers say they must work with America or depend on China. Aki asks the question a Piramal executive asked: which problem does it solve?

A tariff on Indian generics would not bring the whole medicine home: since the 1990s China has been the dominant maker of the active ingredients most drugs need, India is trying to win that back, its industry body says India must work with the US or depend on China, and a Piramal executive asks which problem the tariff is meant to solve, jobs or supplies.

Starring

🎙️The TellerAkiLord OzenOld Tane