Tariff pain turns to gain: US computer stockpiles help meet virus rush

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Boston Public Schools ordered 20,000 laptops and had them in hand in four days.

Tariff pain turns to gain: US computer stockpiles help meet virus rush
As the coronavirus outbreak forced classes online, Boston Public Schools ordered 20,000 laptops and had them in hand in four days - an unusually fast turnaround made possible by a build-up of inventory prompted by the US-China trade war. Computer companies including Boston school vendor Acer Inc ...

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