Paulie
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Coincidentally that last sentence is the same way we’re looking at China right now. Maybe the world doesn’t need them as bad as they thought. Let’s find out. I’m willing to take the ride. We’re still America and that’s always going to be better than being China.We have the best agriculture in the world. Nobody grows better beef than we do. There’s not a single developed nation out there that wouldn’t miss our food. You don’t win a poker game by asking the players to treat you fairly. You have to be willing to take a risk with the cards you’re holding.
This is true, we do agriculture better than anybody, nobody can match the yields we get from most crops. But that is not to say we could not be replaced in our bigger markets, which would kills parts of our agriculture industry. If South American counties can up their production and permanently replace our grain farmers as the suppliers to China and other markets, our agriculture sector is fucked.
In my opinion, one of the worst outcomes of this trade war is for countries to realize they do not need us as much as they thought they did and as much as we think they do.