{"id":51053,"date":"2020-02-09T18:55:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T23:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=51053"},"modified":"2020-02-09T18:55:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T23:55:53","slug":"expect-cascading-global-impact-as-coronavirus-causes-massive-manufacturing-disruptions-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=51053","title":{"rendered":"Expect &#8220;Cascading Global Impact&#8221; As Coronavirus Causes Massive Manufacturing Disruptions Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/expect-cascading-global-impact-coronavirus-causes-massive-manufacturing-disruptions\">Expect &#8220;Cascading Global Impact&#8221; As Coronavirus Causes Massive Manufacturing Disruptions Worldwide<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>China has now placed hundreds of millions of its citizens under quarantine, leaving its economy grinding to a halt.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Workers can\u2019t leave their homes. Factories are idle. Most (if not all) of China\u2019s ports are no longer shipping. International flights are increasingly banned from the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakprosperity.com\/the-coronavirus-is-a-nightmare-for-the-global-economy\/\">PeakProsperity.com&#8217;s Chris Martenson details below<\/a>,&nbsp;<strong>when the world\u2019s #2 economy hangs up a big \u201cCLOSED\u201d sign, that\u2019s going to result in a major negative impact on global trade.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the manufacturing powerhouse to the world, you\u2019ll be challenged to think of ANY industry that won\u2019t experience serious supply chain interruptions and shortages from China\u2019s woes. For instance, did you know China makes the vast majority of our prescription pharmaceuticals?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ir79nIFbobA\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A MASSIVE hit to the global economy will directly result from the damage the Wuhan coronavirus is currently doing. And it may get worse, a lot worse,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/business\/2020\/02\/05\/chinas-coronavirus-not-remotely-control-world-economy-mounting2\/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw\">as The Telegraph&#8217;s Ambrose Evens Pritchard points out<\/a>, &#8220;<em><strong>the longer Beijing enforces curbs on work and travel, the greater the global economic shock<\/strong><\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The Chinese economy is 17pc of the world economy and deeply integrated into international supply chains. It was just 4.5pc of world GDP during the SARS epidemic 2003, which some like to use as a reassuring template. You cannot shut down China for long these days without shutting down the world.<\/p><p>Wednesday&#8217;s investor euphoria at reports of two new wonder drugs from Zhejiang University show how badly unhinged the market has become. This is not the way that medical science advances. Nor could these anti-virals possibly be ready, in time and at scale, to avert serious economic upheaval.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2020-02-09.png?itok=-J6gMoR2\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expect &#8220;Cascading Global Impact&#8221; As Coronavirus Causes Massive Manufacturing Disruptions Worldwide China has now placed hundreds of millions of its citizens under quarantine, leaving its economy grinding to a halt. Workers can\u2019t leave their homes. Factories are idle. Most (if not all) of China\u2019s ports are no longer shipping. 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