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Peter Navarro: “About 60% of our API is made in China and India.”

Featuring: Peter Navarro, Republican | Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing, Trump Administration | National

'We Learned After China Threatened To Drown Us': Navarro Rips U.S. Dependence On Chinese Pharma

Published August 15, 2025 | Video Starts at 02:30

In other words, the first two stages of the three stages that we need. As a practical matter, About 60% of our API is made in China and India. And India gets most of its precursor chemicals from China. So that's the textbook definition of strategic vulnerability. I encountered this in the first term with President Trump during the pandemic. (02:30–02:36)

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Asserts that 60% of U.S. advanced pharmaceutical ingredients are produced in China and India.

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