Why are we buying food from China Anyway/? And 90% of fish?
Answer:
China is a BOOMING economy with tremendous growth,
and due to lower production costs, we're shopping there.
We should have inspection of food products though.
The pet food poisoning recently was traced to an ingredient that came from China.
we purchase food from other countries, not just China, because it is cheaper, even with the cost of shipping it, than to purchase it at what american farming conglomerates consider a fair price. America could feed the world, it has the highest production rates in the world, but as with everything else in the country, the cost for doing so is just too damned high.
Very simple, cost of living in China is a fraction of what that is in the states. Therefore, production costs are a fraction too. Then factor in shipping and it still makes for huge savings for Americans.
The USA buys a lot of food from south of the border too.
My suggestion, if you have not already done so, take economics 101. You'll start to understand the laws of supply and demand and understand how and why China is able to do this.
Signed, an ex pat from the USA living in the heart of China.
Peace
Jim
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