powder shortage
Concerned Guy Fawkes is concerned
EU bans China cotton imports for “human rights”
EU shocked when China ends cotton exports to the EU and the EU can’t produce gunpowder (which needs cotton)
I know this may seem unusual, but actions have consequences
This is normal. Upscaling any production will show you where the bottlenecks in your supply chain are.
It is shitty in the current context, but still banning products due to human rights abuses is a good thing.
Now the aim is to resolve the bottleneck post haste.
Your entire post reads as an accusation, the quotes around human rights makes it seem you think it’s nonsense.
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Are we talking about Uyghurs? The OHCHR report was pretty damning.
Because UN institutions have been so effective in the context of Gaza.
Western institutions aren’t worth the shit they’re printed on.
Yeah shock that something that needs countries to vote on resolutions has a hard time making change.
brain_in_a_box said that the UN believed nothing happened I prooved that was incorrect.
Besides I get the impression I cannot post any source without someone saying the source is unreliable.
Have you ever been to Xinjiang?
No? Oh.
Not OP, but my uncle went there a while back.
Ah, Ohkay. One of those. Thanks for the clarification.
Hrm, maybe billionaires buying up all of the sources of media MIGHT have some sort of… what was that word again?
Gunpowder still needs cotton? I thought that was an old-timey thing.
This is making me reassess Russia’s prospects in an all out war with NATO. If they can’t supply Ukraine alone as it is, how will they supply a war machine for an entire continent when trade is even more limited?
NATO’s strength has been that the USA is in it. European countries have generally let their militaries atrophy since they could usually rely on the USA providing higher level military functions and general deterrence.
Russia would get crushed quickly in a conventional war versus an American led NATO. Russia has a decent shot at winning a war against an Americaless NATO.
