China’s Medical-Goods Market Is ‘Wild West’ Amid Surging Coronavirus Demand

PPE packaging at a Sichuan province factory. Source: Chinatopix, Associated Press

Buyers in the red-hot ventilator market are being forced to take risks and act quickly during this health crisis, and competition has driven the supply chain into chaos. Tractus Managing Director John Evans recounts in The Wall Street Journal, “Chinese suppliers turned over addresses of warehouses that the suppliers said were filled with masks available for sale. Upon further inspection, the facilities turned out to be empty.” Continue reading from article “China’s Medical-Goods Market Is ‘Wild West’ Amid Surging Coronavirus Demand”

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