China’s playing fast and loose in a lot of ways.
With Iran.
With respect to piracy, on the high seas, in the air, with real and with intellectual property.
With respect to concern for live, humans and pets.
It takes a while to see a pattern, but that’s behind us.
It takes longer yet to move against a problem. That’s underway now.
The middlemen will end up as middlemen always do, crushed in the middle.
Yes, they will.. hopefully the “next” middleman will buy from a more reliable source.... like a farmer in Kansas...