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by forinti 2659 days ago
This reminded me of an incident in which the Netherlands intercepted generic drugs en route to Brazil from India.

https://www.kff.org/news-summary/india-brazil-launch-trade-d...

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That's strange. Reading your comment, my first thought was WTF is the Dutch Navy doing intercepting shipments from India to Brazil.

Then, I read your link and had another WTF moment: why is a shipment from India to Brazil travelling through the Netherlands and thus subject to their customs? India->Netherlands->Brazil seems like an incredibly inefficient trade route.

Central economies gain a lot from simply being in the centre. That's why there has been an effort to promote South-South relations.