I can’t imagine why we would need to import chicken from China. If there is one thing we do well it is industrialized farming. Particularly chicken and other foul.
We can generally hatch, raise, harvest and ship and American chicken anywhere in the World for less than it can be raised in the local area.
It seems there is no process or product innovation we would not ‘share’ with our Asian friends for the benefit of saving a few pennies in production.
A couple of years ago I noticed some kind of doodad tee markers at the golf course for some tournament or something, and looking at one, they were marked Made in China, of course. The thing is, they were made of rustic looking wood. I thought, boy, I'll bet that wood came from the U.S.A, was shipped to China, made into tee markers, and shipped back. I still wouldn't doubt it.
I have sold the lumber to build dozens of chicken house projects in the Carolinas in the last couple years. These projects were to get the chickens closer to the northeast and European markets. So unless you live on the west coast, most of the chicken you will buy in your grocery store will most likely come from NC.
China buys lots of framing lumber from the US and Canada. Most of the lumber they buy is middle to low grade. It is used for concrete forming, pallets and crates. They do not build a lot of single family homes like we do with western framing styles,ie. 2x4s in the walls. Most of their structures are missionary based.
What is interesting to see in my business is the increase in the amount of lumber we are shipping south of our border to Mexico. Factories have been built right across the border in places like Tijuana. We sell a company that just makes picture frames. Not only is there a factory there. They built housing and a school. It is in a gated and guarded compound to protect the workers and their families. I think this is the trend for low wage manufacturers who primarily want to sell their products to the US. There are other companies nearby that make furniture, cabinets and other things out of wood. All the raw material comes from the US. Therefore, I agree with another Freepree that many of these Chinese factories will shut down and move elsewhere. However, that elsewhere is probably south of our border, especially if the raw material and final product is primarily coming from and going to the US.
Missionary should be masonry. Stupid Kindle.
When I lived in Hong Kong from 2006-2008, Chinese imports of pork and chicken were recalled almost weekly. The Park N Shop Supermarkets had three lines of meats, those from the Anglo Saxon countries, the rest of the world, and then China. Chinese meat products look different side-by-side, cost 75% and tasted horrible. Couple that with the safety recalls and it is an untouchable product.
I would not trust or eat any food product from China. I don’t trust it for Mexico.