Regarding Martha's question to POTUS about bringing antibiotic production to the USA, here are some stats.
Drugs and Medicine Exports by Country
(worldexports.com - April 25, 2020)
Drugs and Medicine Exports by Country
April 25, 2020 by Daniel Workman
Prescription drug sales include pills and capsules
Prescription drug sales
Global sales from exported drugs and medicines by country totaled US$392.9 billion in 2019
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of drugs and medicines during 2019.
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Germany: US$56.9 billion (14.5% of exported drugs and medicines)
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Switzerland: $47.8 billion (12.2%)
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Netherlands: $31.1 billion (7.9%)
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Belgium: $29 billion (7.4%)
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France: $26.6 billion (6.8%)
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Italy: $24.8 billion (6.3%)
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United States: $24.3 billion (6.2%)
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United Kingdom: $18.3 billion (4.7%)
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Ireland: $17.9 billion (4.6%)
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Denmark: $15.5 billion (4%)
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India: $14.8 billion (3.8%)
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Spain: $10.1 billion (2.6%)
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Sweden: $8.2 billion (2.1%)
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Canada: $7.5 billion (1.9%)
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Austria: $5.8 billion (1.5%)
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Outside of USA - The Top (9) exporters are in Europe.
China is 19th.
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China $4,542,717,000
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Moar data at the website.
http://www.worldstopexports.com/drugs-medicine-exports-country/