<story><title>Paintmakers are running out of the color blue</title><url>https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/the-color-blue-has-joined-the-growing-list-of-material-shortages</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>azinman2</author><text>My hope is that supply chain issues will make clear the downsides to execs (not just the workers) and governments of externalizing all manufacturing abroad and out of reach. Look at the chaos caused by a pandemic, now imagine war or purposefully using supply chain as leverage.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dgemm</author><text>That is actually partly the point, interdependent economies have stronger incentives to get along and not go to war with each other.  It&amp;#x27;s one of the reasons the EU exists, for example: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;eeas.europa.eu&amp;#x2F;archives&amp;#x2F;delegations&amp;#x2F;iceland&amp;#x2F;evropustofa&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;what-would-you-like-to-know&amp;#x2F;what-would-you-like-to-know&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;why-was-the-eu-created.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;eeas.europa.eu&amp;#x2F;archives&amp;#x2F;delegations&amp;#x2F;iceland&amp;#x2F;evropust...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Paintmakers are running out of the color blue</title><url>https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/the-color-blue-has-joined-the-growing-list-of-material-shortages</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>azinman2</author><text>My hope is that supply chain issues will make clear the downsides to execs (not just the workers) and governments of externalizing all manufacturing abroad and out of reach. Look at the chaos caused by a pandemic, now imagine war or purposefully using supply chain as leverage.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>coliveira</author><text>This is all momentary situation caused by the pandemic. In one year, people will not even remember this. Companies will not spend billions of dollars unless they have no other option.</text></comment>