And thecostdifferential between floating them 20 miles offshore from a domestic shipyard vs. 7, 000 miles from China makes this a fairly Asia-proof business as well.
Thus, the price differential caused by the antidumping order bestowed a cost advantage of 19 percent on Chinese competitors, 17 percent on European competitors, and 16 percent on NAFTA competitors.
It recommends building an international consensus on thedifferential pricing of patented pharmaceuticals, meaning that poor countries would have access to expensive drugs at thecost of manufacture, rather than paying the far higher rates charged in rich countries.