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Peter Navarro: “India gets most of its precursor chemicals from China.”

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

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

Published | Video Starts at 02:36

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. I was what was called the Defense Production act coordinate Policy Coordinator. (02:36–02:41)

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