24 April 2022
DAVID ICKE — More than 30 firms producing crucial electronic components have had to halt production in Kunshan, a city which is close to Shanghai. The lockdown rules affecting Shanghai have now spread to Kunshan.
These shutdowns will severely damage China’s already slowing economy.
But it isn’t just China which will be affected.
The factories which have had to shut make a variety of electronic products – including printed-circuits, flat screens, lens and so on.
The result of their closure will be a global shortage of components. Factories everywhere will have to shut down.
So the unemployment problem will grow.
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