re: How much of the US food supply is dependent upon overseas shipping?

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We could do a lot better job opening up markets for that food to be sold imo

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It's not us.

It's trading partners that we have so called free trading agreements with. Our politicians tell us it's free trade but it is usually free trade one way, from US to the other country.

They tell us it's free trade because the U.S. Chamber of Commerce multinationals tell them to say it's free trade. Their version of free trade is manufacture goods in cheap labor country and sell back to the U.S. In the long term this is unsustainable. We may be the only country in the world that does not protect its manufacturing base. Luckily our land is very productive and food production cannot be shipped overseas. However products made from metals (steel and aluminum) and silicon (chips) are being made in the U.S. less and less due to these one sided free trade agreements that multinational corporations are making trillions off of. This is no longer an issue where we need to protect these industries for economic reasons, but it's getting to the point where this is a national security issue. I mean the concept is simple, we go to war with Russia and we need more steel and aluminum to make ships, tanks, fighter planes, etc. we can't rely on China to provide materials.