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Obama's Trade Deal Will Bankrupt Canada's Farming Industry "Overnight", Expert Says
Earlier this month, in “Forget China: This Extremely "Developed" Country Just Suffered Its Biggest Money Outflow Ever,” we took a close look at Canada, where slumping crude prices are beginning to take a serious toll. As we noted, citing BofAML, Canada’s basic balance - a combination of the capital and the current account: a measure of national accounts that spans everything from trade to financial-market flows - swung from a surplus of 4.2% of GDP to a deficit of 7.9% in the 12 months ending in June. That’s the fastest one-year deterioration among 10 major developed nations.
Citing Sharma's data Bloomberg wrote that "money is flooding out of Canada at the fastest pace in the developed world as the nation’s decade-long oil boom comes to an end and little else looks ready to take the industry’s place as an economic driver." In fact, based on the chart below, the outflow is the fastest on record.
Well now, on the heels of the Obama administration's rejection of the "dangerous" Keystone Pipeline (which comes as oil tankers continue to derail across the country), some critics say The White House's controversial new trade deal could end up costing beleaguered Canada massive job along with the "overnight" collapse of their agriculture industry. Here's more, from Sputnik:
There are also major concerns over the effects the trade deal will have on Canadian agriculture industries.
Dr Sylvain Charlebois, professor of distribution and food policy at the University of Guelph's Food Institute in Canada, told Sputnik there were many unanswered questions in the deal.
"I think overall, reading the deal, there are some very strong elements to support Canada's membership into this partnership. However, there are a lot of unknowns unfortunately, particularly in the area of agriculture."
Dr Charlebois said that Canada's protectionist supply management scheme, which works to protect local industries, would be thrown out under the TPP, with concerns over how this would impact local producers.
"Canada has supply management, particularly with poultry, milk and eggs, so we basically produce what we need in Canada. Now the Trans-Pacific Partnership would compromise the equilibrium we have between supply and demand domestically […] allowing milk from other member countries to come into the Canadian market."
"What would happen to quotas for example? But most importantly, what would happen to processing? So there's lots of questions being asked by farmers and processors, and now with the changing government, hopefully we'll get some clarity on these issues."
Charlebois goes on to say that the dairy, egg, and poultry sectors may indeed collapse "overnight":
The supply management scheme has been in place since the mid-60s in order to protect Canadian agricultural sectors from larger US corporations.
As a result, Dr Charlebois says the local industries have become complacent and inefficient, and would not be able to survive under the TPP if it was implemented immediately. "Overnight if we were to eliminate tariffs on imports, we would likely see the dairy sector in Canada, and perhaps the poultry and egg sectors, collapse overnight.
"We're just not competitive so we need to give it some time for these sectors to adapt and change their modus operandi to make sure they do become more productive and efficient over the next 15 years or so."
So, with Canada already stinging from plunging crude, some are now suggesting that TPP could be set to cripple the country's economy even further. Meanwhile, Jim Balsillie, former co-CEO of BlackBerry - which is of course “dominating” the global smartphone market - thinks this is the “worst thing Canada has ever done":
“I’m not a partisan actor, but I actually think this is the worst thing that the Harper government has done for Canada… I think in 10 years from now, we’ll call that the signature worst thing in policy that Canada’s ever done. It’s such brilliantly systemic encirclement.
I’m just in awe at its powerful purity by the Americans… We’ve been outfoxed.”
Yeah ok, maybe, but let's just be honest, the Obama administration has never "outfoxed" anyone on anything. In fact, if recent geopolitical outcomes have taught us anything, Obama and Kerry couldn't "outfox" their way out of a wet paper bag, so to the extent they've designed some kind of cunning trade policy with the aim of bankrupting the Canadian dairy industry it would out of character, but again, stupidity sometimes produces unpredictable outcomes.
Anyway, incompetence and naïvety do have a way of creating unexpected consequences so we hope, for Canada's sake, that the The White House doesn't end up bankrupting everything chicken-related north of the border but if it does, don't worry, because that same incompetence will invariably end up starting a world war in Syria which will swiftly drive crude prices through the roof and then it's problem solved for the Canadians...
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It's like he has the Midas Touch, except that everything he touches turns to shit.
What do you expect? He's from Chicago.
That town sold off their parking meters and Chicago Skyway for cash they already spent.
In a way Obama is Cihicagoizing the rest of the country.
<<< Niggay
<<< Best prez ever
Looney ;-)
prediction...
Someone very big is gonna get suicided in an Archduke Ferdinand moment
Thank God raise our own poultry, some of which we just butchered that are now drying on the kitchen counter...
...and this spring's chicks are already laying.
Nice posing/positioning...looks like a nekid chicken dance...lmao! Yeah I know, they drain better that way...still...lol.
Really?
Shit.
I thought mrs_horseman was hinting at something.
As a Canadian I would just like to say I'm not going to drink the USA's shit milk. Sorry.
Don't be sorry. I am an American, and I'm not going to drink the USA's commercial dairy milk.
Shit milk in Canada isn't any better and as far as I'm concerned, the sooner this marxist, collectivist paradise collapses, the better.
I don't know why people think so highly of Canada. We are just another US state. Lapdogs to the Obama regime. Fuck Canaduh!
Oh and eggs are shit here too. Frankenfood
I can remember when an earlier treaty eliminated or reduced tarrifs on US butter, cheese and other dairy products in New Zealand.
American products were of such inferior quality that no one would buy them at any price. The butter was even unsuitable for movie theater popocorn.
free trade bitches
where nyc/dc trades your jobs/life for holiday bonus pools
trump is right -- tariff every import, no matter who makes it
Faaarrreee! trade is not the same as fair trade. Faaarrreee! trade sounds all warm and fuzzy but when practiced with the wrong hands results in Chinese i-shit makers jumping out of windows in Apple Valley, communist China.
Jus sayin ;-)
Pound Sign CanadianBeerLivesMatter!
I can't imagine Canadians will buy American milk or eggs.
Terrible.
Americans mostly eat dehydrated plastic.
Last time I was there I was picking up some stuff in Wallmart and found a grapefruit... $8.00
WTF?
Meanwhile the locals would fill their carts with "mechanically recovered meat".
It was quite an experience. I completely understand how their capitalist class see the public as cattle. They are cattle.
hey, no worry...
"rich-in-reserve" China will buy up bankrupt farms;
or, farmers can switch overnight to grow "legalized" weeds, the new guy who booted out the bad guy who signed the deal...said he would.
Obama is no worse than Bush. And Bush was no worse than Clinton. And Clinton was no worse than Bush. They're all the same.
Well you are aptly named....... Mr Kitty....
Obama will not finish his second term!
http://tinyurl.com/surviveendguide
That's funny because in the U.S., we don't even use our shit butter for popcorn. They created a truly horrifying oily goo that causes cancerous "popcorn lung" in the workers that produce this nightmare. There is no food in our food.
Wherever you live, buy and support local food.
Avoid corporate food and avoid GMOs and "additives".
Local food is healthier and tastes better.
It's actual food.
You obviously don't spend much time travelling between the two countries. The difference in food quality is astonishing - especially at the price level that the average working family shops at.
Keep thinking that you are an exceptional Canadian...the peacemaker, the most loved people in the world. Mass delusion in this country!
I'm in North Dakota you dork. I go to Canada to escape the police state now and again. We were taliking about how there is a difference in food quality (unless you pay through the teeth), due to the factory-ization of American food.
And you're talking talking to me about travelling. You've probably never been outside of north America, YOU dork!
Our Australian A2 milk is really good. When you buy organic eggs and don't eat too many, the teenagers' acne is likely to go away. Unfortunately it takes about 2 months for the glunk to wash out of the system.
The viciousness of the TPP is apparent when you look at the exit clause - nowhere to be seen.
If we don't like the outcome we can't leave the Trojan "Trade Partnership' ????? How do we make it clear to the politicians that we have NOT given them a mandate to sign up for such a vicious Trojan???
Just FYI: Clean eating + Detox drinks you make at home with lemom in arm water and some othet herbs to taste (peppermint maybe) + extra hard cardio will clear you out quickly.
One thing that shocks me every time I go to Canada is the super high cost of shit beer and wine. A bottle of crappy wine is 3x the price in the USA. I find the food to be of a higher quality, but it's priced accordingly. I can buy excellent food here, but not at Wally World. I raise my own Berkshire hogs, so I know what I'm eating and you can't beat homemade Pancetta, Guanciale and my own sausage, etc.
Wine is all tax. If you really want a surprise, buy chewing tobacco up there...
I'll have to look for some of that Guanciale. sounds interesting.
Why don't you move to somewhere that has better food and more freedom?
Where would that be?
I was going to ask why it's Obama's fault that Canada's going broke because of the TPP. I was under the misimpression that Canada was a sovereign state, but if it's really our 51st state, I understand.
Ya, I'd be in the same boat. I only buy organic because I don't want my kids drinking BGH. I'm American too. We use shit in our food that's banned in a lot of countries. But that's something I'm curious about- removing tariffs, etc isn't going to flood the market with a product if the product comes with chemicals in it that are banned for human consumption in that country, so does obamatrade repeal those bans too?
Eventually nothing will be banned because the corporations will sue (and win) for financial losses incurred by said bans. Get used to eating toxic waste.....
Have never been a fan of cow juice.
You going to give up cheese too?
Anyway, what's wrong with the occasional dose of growth hormone?
I know Monsanto is a big producer of rBGH, so it MUST be safe.
Don't worry, he gets his FAIR SHARE of growth hormone and the rest of the poisons in his milk he speaks so highly of
Enjoy your 7 buck a gallon milk and 8 buck a pound butter!
Milk for a gallon (at convenience store prices) is $4.99CAD in Alberta (that's $3.75US). Butter is about $5.99 (or $4.50US).
Most food in southern Saskatchewan is cheaper than here in North Dakota. Of course, Canadians aren't paid in US dollars.
The real difference in prices are alcohol, cigarattes and other tobacco products, and gasoline which are all taxed to death up there...
Protectionism argument crap. Been awhile since I heard this moaning and bitching. Suck it up Canada and produce something you can export.
Container ships full of tiitie bars. Could work.
This is a quality Canadian export...
...despite that tyrannical cunt on the other side.
Hell yes! That's what I'm stacking! Canadian bacon and eggs on a cold winter morning is good too.
Ain't that the truth. She fucks up a lot of good looking coins. Did you see the Brit silver this year? Mine look like they are chromed, and beautiful detail on the non-queen side as well. I like the Aussie coins a lot too, and I have some maples as well. All ruined on one side with that 'tyrannical cunt' as you so eloquently put it.
At first I thought you meant "on the other side [of the border]". There's a tyranical cunt there too ;o)
All Canadian mint coins and bars are .9999 and they also mint coins and bars for other countries perhaps not for the USSA hence their mint coins state they are minted of "fine gold" then diluted to 22K gold and american silver eagles are .999 silver so I guess Canada has you beat.
They'd be nice if RCM products didn't get shitty milkspots on every single coin.
I would take a shot in the dark here and say that the main reason they aren't competitive now is because they probably labor under a bunch of stupid rules enforced by mindless bureaucrats that keep them bogged down. If they were freed from government bullshit, that would probably allow them to be that much more competitive. I'm sure someone Canadian can chime in and tell me if I'm on the right track here, but id look there before blaming the farmers.
Typical government - regulate an industry to the point it's uncompetitive then cry when the inevitable happens.
Think of the USSA...add in a police state...oh wait...add in collectivism...oh wait...
Yeah it's pretty much the same as the good old USSA
I am beginning to think you've never actually been to Canada. Not that it isn't heading that direction, but shit man - there are almost no cops, there is definately nothing even remotely close to a police state.
Oh really? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXBLDL0GoEA
Fucking cops cleared of all wrongdoing. Fuck you and your precious fucking Canaduh!
Right, you can't get into the US, because of your criminal record. My argument stands. You think Canada is like the US becuase you've never been in the US.
Both countries were great countries - Canada has more freedoms, less cops, and better dairy. I know this from experience. The United States has lower taxes, more opportunity for those who excel, (as long as Bernie doesn't get in), better football, and way better theme parks. This too I know from experience.
Both countries are in trouble due to a globalist socialist agenda which is wrecking the entire planet.
Now put down the joint, get out of your mom's basement, and enjoy the fact you still have some freedom up there in Edmonton while you still can...
Does retardation run in your family?
Only since I ran one through your mom
hAHAHAH OWNED .
I guess you haven't tried to harvest your own lumber from your own forest, to build your own house on your own land yet. Let us know if you still feels it's not a police state when the RCMP shows up at your door for daring to use illegal non-certified lumber.
Try jaywalking in an American city - and then you will know what I am talking about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVuyO85cINg
I guess you've never heard of Robert Dziekanski, who came to this god forsaken place called Canaduh just to be murdered at the Vancouver airport for the high crime of not knowing English.
Four enforcers murdered him in cold blood. If that's not a police state, I don't know what is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv8xxWrw1Qc
I know all about him - but we are talking about degrees. All countries use police to murder. In Canada currently, they murder at a much lower rate per capita than in the US. They also lock up FAR fewer people in prisons per capita.
I've never claimed that Canada was a great country. It used to be, just like the US used to be. Right now though, Canadains seem to be voting more left-wing, so yes Canada will catch up to the US soon enough in police murder and prison populations. It is what all socialist countries end up doing...
dbl post
Bingo. Ontario milk, cheese, egg and chicken production is controlled by marketing boards. The result is a monopoly that destroyed part of the industry to subsidize the rest, which has gotten into fewer and fewer hands. Often poor quality and overpriced products because of monopoly tactics, we also have to import goods to make up for the shortfall of goods we could easily produce ourselves but are prevented by the monopoly system.
What's the biggest export of the US???
War and misery.
I think maybe you should think before you post.
Regime change argument crap.
Don't forget debt. That's a big export too.
impressive that you can still type with blankfein's c-ck in your throat
What does the USSA export besides murderers and weapons of mass destruction?
That's pretty heartless, you could have let them finish having sex first.
Now I have to go make a chicken sandwich for dinner...
Standard Disclaimer: Damn you HH... Because it was leftover lamb stew otherwise.
At first glance I thought this was a picture of an obscene orgy at the Cameron residence.
That's what it looks like when Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton go at it.......
Good thing I have this one bookmarked!
http://eyebleach.com/
Chicks & Dicks?
mind if I ask how many birds you raise in a year about? and how many folks that's split amongs? just doing some long-term planning. And am I right in that you've said you raise about half of your calories yourselves?
We tend to raise about 50 chicks a year, all for our little family.
The young cocks, about 25, get sent ASAP to zee freezer kamp.
The girls hang around and lay eggs for a year, some are lost to various offenders, before going into the pot when the next generation starts laying.
We have extra eggs much of the year, but those are coveted by friends.
50% is probably a good estimate, sometimes more, sometimes less. We don't grow grains or much fruit.
Thanks.
The Syrian thing is so simular to WW1 and the Germans trying to complete their railroad line to Persia for oil at the turn of the century. It was just abut finished in 1914 with the remaining link to be constructed in where? Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Got a bit delayed.
Britian wasn't keen on oil being transported any other way but by sea (which they ruled).
LOL,
I don't think you guys get it. It will be bankrupted because the American sector will be more competitive. As far as a trade deal for the US goes, this is a win. Not so much for Canada... who is being pressed to sign a treaty that heavily favours American interest.
....but yah, if you want to get mad at the black dude, because he is making deals that favour you guys. Go right ahead, I am Canadian... by all means crucify him for this.
I think we will all come to enjoy the taste of Chinese poultry products.
Ummmm, you do realize that China isn't a signatory to the TPP right? In fact, the TPP was reated largely to make it easier for the signatories to compete against China.
Duh.
They were not included in NAFTA either, shit for brains. We all know how that worked out.
I also love how the poster above claims it will be a huge benefit for America. He seems to be confusing our large corporate interests who wrote the bill and handed it to their stooge government to force on the world with actual American citizens. Trust me, us serfs are getting hosed in this too, it just may not seem as obvious at first.
Yes, and in th ereal world, that means that the penetration of Chinese products in to North America is not in any way enabled by NAFTA. In fact, NAFTA may retard pentration of Chinese goods on this continent, because it gives us more tarriff-free internal options.
Again, Duh.
You're gonna show them a video of how the Chinese butcher, clean and ship chickens aren't cha? I love the sound of millions of red meat haters hurling in the evening ;-)
Ding!
This is ZH - they crucify Obama just for getting up in the morning.
Meanwhile, if Putin so much as takes a dump, ZH posts a long article about how it is the cleverest, manliest, most handsome turd ever. And then half the posters here gush about how much they would like to eat it.
If he would get up and golf every day instead of fucking up America he'd be a lot more likable.....
You're just jealous. Envy green. That's the reason you have anal retention. :)))
Here, see your welfare mutti having some of my nectar. You can try it too, you homeless bum:
http://www.thepornster.net/video/475/
Don't think for one second that this shit is happening by accident.
Coming soon to Walmart. Flash frozen $2 Chinese milk and "real" cheese imported from Guandong. If there was ever a time to sacrifice to eat organic and local, this is it.
So our northern neighbor is now feeling the full effect Hurricane Zero
LOL and they all thought it was just gonna be the USofA he destroyed. We all know he took in a LOT of campaign cash from dem dam ferners. Too bad bitchez! You are coming with. Buckle up. Put your helmets on. It's gonna get really bumpy from here out. Enjoy the ride. Please use the complimentary barf bags (that you are paying for plus interest because government never pays cash. Everything is financed).
Oh and remember, Russian nukes are gonna have to fly over Canadistan to get to the US. Hope none fall short.
Fundamental Change - Its a bitch.
FORWARD SOVIET!
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Would we be allowed to buy raw milk under the TPP?
You will be allowed to buy breast milk in exotic peasant flavors.
I'll take chocolate, straight from the tap........
Hell no. You get shot for that crime.
Sooo, ummm, where's all my "exceptional" friends from across the northern border who were singing Obama's praises not more than two years ago...hmmm? ;-)
Curled up underneath their chicken coups.
Not me - never got on that wagon - but our recent PM Harper was pure evil - the history books will show what an asshat that man was as PM
Well, I "hope" the scion (Trudeau Jr) works out better for you guys (really, I do) but don't put all your eggs in one basket...as they say ;-)
You would think the HOPE orgy would make it obvious we were going to have Canada's Obama installed. But even though the first act was to pledge allegiance to Nuttyyahoo people still lined up to demonstrate their social justice approval at his swearing in (complete with the iPhone line guys for CBC).
And Trudeau's second big act was to have Air Canada commit to free flights for 25,000 refugees.
Dear Abby, the square wheel and paper bag industry will boom. Signed, Hoped Out.
That Marxist dweeb pledged his allegiance to Harry the Nazi as well. I thought I was going to vomit. Bastard should be pledging his allegience to the people of this country, not some Nazi across the pond.
Canada had an election.
Strangely enough, the government got in!
Bookmark this comment and come back in 4 years to tell us whether le weed man was actually better.
We've got sooooo much weed here it's as easy as buying milk
you must be one of those extreme socialists out of Toronto. He lowered taxes & your criminal libs in Ontario blew it away & raised taxes 50 or more times
So - who in the fuck from Canada signed the damn trade agreement Did they have anyone read it before signing? Same goes for the United States!
Only multinationals were allowed to read it, and that was only to proof there own writing. The politicos were told to sign it
Not signed yet, it still requires the parliamentary rubber stamp. As if Junior would ever be allowed to say no
Well Harper had a majority .gov hence the liberals got caught in a financial scandal... we tax payers paid 70 million$ for the "Gomery Inquiry" to find who was corrupt and buy how much... What for, nobody was charged or went to jail, so why waste 70 M$... anyways because of this the Conservatives won a majority .gov (I mean a dictatorship) and that is how Harper was free to rain on us Canadians with whatever he chose. I hate majority .gov's and now because Harper was a dictator and dictated too much, he lost huge, and we now have a majority .gov with liberals. As Doug Casey states dont vote, it just encourages them, so now we have an encouraged liberal dictator. What could go wrong?
Poor canucks.
Yes, they soon will be "poor" Canucks.
It's never been a better time to take out a third mortgage.
you never get a 2nd chance for a 3rd mortgage.
As Tony Kornheiser (PTI-ESPN), says...
<waves Candaian flag> 'Good Night Canada.'
It's amazing how this dipshit president can screw so many so fast.
I actually don't hold him accountable. He is told what do do like the rest of them. Could he have a spine and say no? Yes, but there iS a steep price
Or maybe, just maybe, it will allow the more efficient producers up here to grow and prosper, and lower the cost of milk products including cheese. Even they are limited by quotas - if everyone wants to buy their product, they can't expand because there just isn't the milk available - and heaven help them if they buy their own dairy cows.
Yes, and then the Canadian milk industry takes over the world. Square bagged milk for all! Muwahahaha!
But housing prices in Canada are dropping. Good thing for first time home buying Canucks.
Buy a house???
Tell me how.
You can sign your life away to the bank and end up anchored in one spot by said 'ownership'.
If you want to know who owns the house you are paying 3 times for, stop paying your protection money, I mean, property tax.
Tomorrow the MSM will have articles about a study done by the World Health Organization proving that Canadian poultry, milk, and eggs cause premature death in humans.
Nah, they're too busy ramping up the propaganda to insult Russia.
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME OLYMPICS!?
Russia should just say fuck it and set up an alternative with China.
They look like they are doing it in other areas, so why not?
Then they should invite the Americans and watch 'em squirm.
Just for clarity, I'm an anarchist, so I'm not a fan of Putin.
I do live in the real world, however.
My goodness, Russian media sure are devoting a lot of energy to trashing a trade deal that doesn't involve them.
Oh well, I'm sure they're not motivated by anything other than good-hearted, altruistic concern for our well-being.
And you are motivated by nothing but the fiat you are getting from your handlers, troll
Like it's so wonderful to pass deals that the public can't even look at, much less have a say in what they actually do. Yeah, just fucking great but lets blast the Russian press for it right?
You're about dumb as anyone that has ever posted here you Lativian potato loving douchebag.
Russia. The only uninfected brains left, maybe.
Everyone should do what i do! Hope for the Best but expect the Worst.
P.S. Is TPP a Citizen?
Dont't worry, Canada just elected A handsome sociolist with a smile that will melt the room, so all is good.
God help us all
you have your Chicage organizer destroyer & we have our part time rafting instructor destroyer
I foresee the U.S. At some point in the future forcing a Euro style union with Canada and Mexico - same currency - same HIGHTENED security - fear based culture controlled by the Fed and politicos in order to control natural resources, borders, trade, freedom AND as a step towards becoming a larger world superpower
Now that Harper's gone, they may have to buy Canada.
He would have given it away.
Same result for the average Canadian, but the well connected will benefit.
What do you think the new Marxist will do?
Check out what this guy states about Harper and the USSA military@ 42:53 - 44:46 Canada & Harper
Greg Felton; AMERICA IS NOW FULLY CONTROLLED BY ZIONIST SAYS CANADIAN RESEARCHER
Go get em Canada! Tell them to go to hell. Think BRICS!
Hey, that's win-win. Bankrupt Canada's poultry sector, and you free up labor to pursue careers as doctors in a country with a bogged down healthcare system. I'm sure it'll be a smooth transition.
I wonder how long it takes to make the transition from chicken plucker to brain surgeon.
King Putt fucks up everything he touches. Almost seems intentional...wink...wink
i cant tell you how many times i have read comments from canadians about how special canada is and how shit america is....well canada can eat shit. how can canada be so great economically if it collapses becasue we wont give them a free pipeline...? maybe all the lesbo feminist can get your economy working....LOL
Canada is just an overly polite and smug version of the US. This hides the tyranny better and allows them to sell the oblivious citizen to the UN committees.
I was born in Canada, and have to endure the Prisoner-like foolishness every day.
Most of them love Obama and have no fucking idea about any of this shit. Much like Americans...
Bingo. I am surrounded by ignorant, stupid sheep that believe they are somehow better than everyone else. I live in Canaduh and it's nothing more than a police state prison.
we are extreme socialists, something I am not proud of, & the way the USSA is heading
The TPP will be damaging to Canada, as the subsidys are differnt from the US ones. The end user pays more for cheese and milk as we protect our markets. The US subsidises its farmers through low gas prices, taxes, direct subsidies to the farmers and others, making the Canadian farmer uncompetive with the US ones. The government has promised a subsidy program of their own, and the lower dollar has been a boom for the farmers, well at least for the time being.
Obama's Most Lasting Legacy: Engineering the bankruptcy of countries, one at a time.
Every civilized country does what it can to protect its agriculture and try to attain food self-sufficiency. Only ivory tower theoreticians, obsessed with their idea of efficiency, argue to the contrary. When it comes to an adequate food supply, almost everyone would be willing to sacrifice a little efficiency for safety. The famines of British India demonstrate the triumph of "efficiency" over common sense food security for the citizenry.
+100
No food, no sovereignty
this is so 1920's