Since the earthquake struck on 11
th March, there have been many warnings that massive economic disruption in Japan will be transmitted equally around the world through global supply chains
. In our view, these concerns are exaggerated. They are based largely on anecdotal information and over-state the sensitivity of global production to localised disruption.
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