Damn, China must be hella pissed to go, “and fuck yo’ pork too!”

  • Nollij@sopuli.xyz
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    6 months ago

    This is a strategic move. China is very publicly telling pork farmers that they are being hurt because of Trump. It also makes it clear that Trump could end their hardship, but won’t.

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        6 months ago

        And has been for much, if not most, of recorded history. IIRC they lost a city of a million people like 1000-2000 BCE. It flooded, and the city starved before the flood waters receded. I’m not going to imply it wasn’t impactful, but that was just one of many cities by that point.

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      6 months ago

      If you calculate about 200 gr for one meal, it would make one breakfast for 60 million people. Not even one tenth of the population.

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      6 months ago

      They should call Trump and get a pep talk then

      They get to lay in the bed they made

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    6 months ago

    The headline is a bit misleading or at least ambiguous. But these are US pork imports to China, I assume.

    EDIT: From the article, "China, behind Mexico and Japan, was the U.S.’s third-biggest market for pork in 2024, importing some 475,000 metric tons valued at more than $1.1 billion. "

    These are US exports to China.

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      There is a lot of American pork (and some beef) in supermarkets here in Japan. I get mine from Costco which, at least for loins, is Canadian pork. Beef, of the non-wagyuu variety, tends to be Australian or American. Chicken is typically domestic in my experience.

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        6 months ago

        Why on Earth would China export pork to us? They eat way more than we do.

        EDIT: No, I’m definitely right