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Huh?
Posted 1/12/2019 11:03 (#7239649 - in reply to #7239572)
Subject: RE: I agree Allison, with one caveat.


southcentral Minnesota
zenfarm - 1/12/2019 10:24



    If we look at real prices for the last 50 years we get a different result, In  1972, Nixon signed a 3 year deal with the soviets to buy grain, they bought what amounted to a sizable amount of ending stocks for wheat, which, had unforeseen consequences for not  only food prices here in the US but around the world,
  Nixon and Kissinger wanted to gain leverage over the Soviets by using grain as one of the bargaining chips. I would call that "power politics". 

 The USA today is using "power politics", by using soybeans as a bargaining chip.


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I thought price was determined long before any worldly action could ever influence price, JP says so.
The USA didn’t chose soybeans as a bargain chip, China did. Tell me this, what chips were used in 2009 to counter the tariff action on tires? How about the steel action in 16? Those weren’t minor either, both under the Obama administration but was the need greater than a retaliatory action was worth? Why also has China long imposed tariffs against our soybeans before this latest action and why did China impose new grade standards again before we were looking at these tariffs imposed? We have been losing “ our great customer” far longer than this recent spat.
Should of gave it up in the 90’s, uff da!

Edited by Huh? 1/12/2019 11:08
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