Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is pushing for terminating America’s dependence on Chinese drug imports, warning that China poses a security threat.
“We are dependent on China overwhelmingly for our critical medical supply chains,” Hawley said in an April 2 interview on Fox News. “You talk about being dependent, you talk about a national security threat, that’s a national security threat.”
Hawley said this is a direct threat to U.S. independence and to the health of Americans, and that 60 percent of the key precursors for pharmaceutical drugs are made in China or India.
“We should make these drugs, including the precursors, in the United States of America,” he said. “We can start by withdrawing China’s ‘most favored nation’ status, the sweetheart trade deal that we gave them 20 years ago.”…