Covid won’t do much to supply chains. China’s decisions regarding intellectual property and trade secrets (IP), however, haven’t changed and are the reason my

Covid won’t do much to supply chains. China’s decisions regarding intellectual property and trade secrets (IP), however, haven’t changed and are the reason my (large) employer has stopped sending anything sensitive there. We still sell to China but any IP entering the country is assumed as forfeit. Other countries are becoming more competitive even outside of IP considerations. I think we’ll see more and more “the Chinese economy” and “the US Et al economy” but mainly divided by IP. Covid will be a minor blip on that scene.