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To: Paul R.

So food wise, we are not dependent on China in a national security sense?


1,681 posted on 03/14/2020 6:41:40 PM PDT by Fury
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183 new cases in SK but 8 deaths

another bad ratio day 4.3% daily fatality rate

pushes the overall ratio up to .92% percent


1,696 posted on 03/14/2020 6:53:08 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: Fury

I don’t think so. Just think of how much we export!

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-american-food-giant-the-largest-exporter-of-food-in-the-world.html

(Scroll down to list.)

I also suspect that because a lot of what we import from China is processed or “finished product”, going by dollar value distorts the “dependencies”.


1,702 posted on 03/14/2020 6:58:04 PM PDT by Paul R. (The Lib / Socialist goal: Total control of nothing left wort h controlling.)
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To: Fury

Our frozen vegetables are packaged in: Illinois, California, Minnesota, Idaho, Washington, and Mexico.
Our canned vegetables also undergo the canning process near where they are grown: in Minnesota, Idaho, Wisconsin, New York, the Netherlands, and Peru.

https://www.greengiant.com/where-we-grow/


1,704 posted on 03/14/2020 6:59:25 PM PDT by blueplum ( ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
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To: Fury

“So food wise, we are not dependent on China in a national security sense?”

Not even remotely.


1,705 posted on 03/14/2020 6:59:26 PM PDT by calenel (Don't panic. Prepare and be vigilant.)
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