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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (21641)	2/11/2019 3:05:37 PM
From: Don Green	1 Recommendation Recommended By DinoNavarre Respond to of 33421

It's all about Food While the Western diet typically demands about one acre per person, China has only 0.2 acres to devote to feeding each citizen. Meanwhile, the country consumes 50% of the world's total pork supply. Population experts predict that an additional 2 billion people will live on the planet by 2050. Many of the biggest spikes in population will be in areas outside of China — developing regions in South America and Africa, in particular — where the country has set up offshore factories for food production. While the Western diet typically demands about one acre per person, China has only 0.2 acres to devote to feeding each citizen. Meanwhile, the country consumes 50% of the world's total pork supply. businessinsider.com A look at food security in China nature.com worldometers.info USA worldometers.info Japan worldometers.info businessinsider.com China worldometers.info India worldometers.info

To: Jon Koplik who wrote (21641)	2/23/2019 2:08:49 AM
From: elmatador	1 Recommendation Recommended By sixty2nds Respond to of 33421

Why the US trade agreement helps China. China spent $223 billion in 2016, on agricultural support, according to the OECD. The deficit is $352billion , which is 2/3 of the deficit goes to subsidize the Chinese farming sector. "Farmers produced surpluses of certain commodities leaving China with large stockpiles of a variety of goods, but mainly cotton, corn and sugar. Due to the price supports that underpinned domestic production, local food prices were considerably higher than those on global markets." futuredirections.org.au Import the food and prices fall down for the Chinese customer and lower the deficit. Chinese customer happy. DJT administration happy. Chinese treasury happy. But we know the Communist countries are not that intelligent don't we? We can also infer that these huge subsidies are going, not to the poor farmers, but to the fat cats of the communist party...