I've said, multiple times, that the bidding process is fine so long as countries aren't using predatory tactics and making it impossible for countries to purchase medical equipment.
The issue isn't about sending the supplies, it's about the US intervening in the sale and offering many times the going rate of the product, catching Brazil off guard and making it so that they can't secure supplies for weeks. Whether you want to admit it or not, the tactic that is alleged, which you have been defending, will result in the mass death foreign citizens, which you seem OK with.The government's responsibility is for their people first, then their allies. Why isn't Canada sending their masks to Brazil? We're buying masks they could have. Because we need them.
The accounts of America's unfair tactics seem to be mostly upheld, with one of the accounts from France simply clarifying America's involvement; bidding three-times the amount upfront, making them unable to procure the masks. Though they did call into question if it was America or private interests in America that interrupted the sale. It should be noted that they were only able to procure masks due to help from Franco-Chinese residences.Which part of occurring in France? The part that was already back tracked on? Nothing has been shown yet. That's the problem. We have multiple step removed hearsay, which in multiple other cases so far has proven to be false.
I believe the accusations, but am willing to be proven wrong. You disbelieve them, and have moved goalposts, switching from conspiracy theory to blaming the entire incident on a series of coincidental miscommunications that just happened to line up, which may include Brazil simply lying, because of course the impoverished nation is obviously lying.The difference between you and I though is that you keep assuming the accusations to be true, and I keep saying more information is needed before making a judgement.
It's mentioned in the article you provided. Going by CBC's source, the US wants to be oversupplied, but wanting to be oversupplied and being oversupplied aren't the same thing.Yet you felt the need to bring up the fact they want to be oversupplied.
For the reports of American involvement, who the country is dealing with is entirely irrelevant, unless you want to claim that their brokers are all telling the same lie to stir up anti-American sentiment.Who the country is dealing with is entirely relevant. The fact you said the above shows how completely out of touch you are with supply chains and how they work.
This is why I say you're lying about the article, and you're doing it blatantly. The CBC does not say that Germany rescinded their claim, only that the manufacturer wasn't 3M. It was only in your last post that you even deigned to provide a source with Germany having actually rescinded the claim. I don't know why you're lying about the CBC article when you've posted a secondary resource already.Other than the literal first quote from CBC I gave you? Fucking hell man. How are you this obtuse?
Ah yes, the poor country is simply lying.And France has recinded one of the claims, and refused to back up the others. Brazil simply said the US bought everything. (Yet when France said the same thing, they were magically able to buy exactly what they needed, on the same day). Go figure.
The purpose is to ensure people have some basic ability to care for their citizens. America is interfering with this, if what is alleged is true. What's particularly disgusting is you seem perfectly content with developing nations having to deal with the brunt of this disease, as these predatory tactics will leave developing countries especially vulnerable.How is the US massively exacerbating a problem when you yourself have stated they are not oversupplied, which means they need everything they are buying?