Wilbur Ross Says China’s Coronavirus Outbreak Will “Help Bring Jobs Back To America”

Via ZeroHedge

Anxieties about the knock-on impact to the global economy from the coronavirus outbreak, which appears on track to shave whole percentage points off China’s GDP, have pushed stock futures back into the red Thursday morning.

But during an interview with Maria Bartiromo that aired on Thursday, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross argued that the North American economy might benefit from the outbreak as companies “reevaluate their supply chains” to factor in emergent outbreak risk.

While Ross insisted that he didn’t want to appear insensitive, it’s pretty clear to him that the outbreak could help “accelerate the return of jobs to North America.”

“First of all, every American’s heart has to go out to the victims of the coronavirus. I don’t want to talk about a victory lap over a very unfortunate very malignant disease. But the fact is, it does give business another thing to consider when they go through their review of their supply chain. On top of all the other things – you had SARS, you had the African swine virus there, now you have this – it’s another risk factor that people need to take into account.”

“I think it will help to accelerate the return of jobs to North America, some to the US and some to Mexico as well,” Ross said.

Watch the clip below:

Bartiromo conceded that Ross had made an interesting point.

“Ah, that’s a good point,” Bartiromo responds.

While it might sound callous, we’ve heard this argument before: Remember when all the sell-side research departments advised that Hurricane Harvey would help boost GDP in the ensuing quarters?

Life, which you so nobly serve, comes from destruction, disorder, chaos…”

“Look at all these little things, so busy now”…just some food for thought.

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