The Barrel Keeps Its Passport

Ledgerville! Where a barrel of medicine toured the world: made in India, shipped to Singapore and back, to Europe, to a Japanese firm with an American address. Mayor: bring it home at once! Baron Von Bottomline: we shall reshore the onshoring! Dash: translation, make it all at home. Pop: Michigan and India finish it together. Zap: the maker asks what problem you are solving, jobs or medicine supply.

The drug supply chain a tariff is meant to pull home does not run one way: one barrel in an Indian storeroom was made in India, shipped to Singapore and back, then to Europe and a Japanese company with an American address, machines in Michigan and India finish the same medicines together, and the chief of the Indian maker Piramal asks what problem a generics tariff is meant to solve, jobs or supplies.

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🎙️The AnnouncerMayor PennywhistleBaron Von BottomlineDashPopZap