The American Economic Liberties Project and our friends at The American Prospect are teaming up for a virtual event on Tuesday, March 17 at 3pm ET. We’re calling it Concentrated Power & Coronavirus.  

The coronavirus is a serious threat to millions of people’s health. And it is also revealing that there are major issues with the way we make and distribute medicine and other key goods. Over 90% of the chemicals that go into our medicine come from China, which was temporarily shut down. China’s Hubei Province, hit hard by the virus, is the location of at least 12 drug plants supplying the US with everything from painkillers to antibiotics. Pharmacists and doctors are beginning to notice shortages, in what one trade publication calls the “pharmaceutical version of The Hunger Games.” 

And it’s not just medicine. We are dependent on Chinese production for everything from bibles to batteries to parts for advanced drones and missiles. The shutdown of production and trade as a result of the coronavirus reveals how our everyday lives and national security are dependent on China.

Join The American Prospect and the American Economic Liberties Project to discuss this problem and ask Economic Liberties Senior Fellow Lucas Kunce and the Brookings Institution's Rush Doshi your questions about the current crisis. How can we restore resiliency and redundancy to our supply chains? What are the best tools for our policymakers in addressing the current crisis?

RSVP here for Concentrated Power & Coronavirus, and we’ll send you an email about how to participate. That’s Tuesday, March 17 at 3pm ET.

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