(12-17-2020, 05:28 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(12-17-2020, 04:55 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: So what are you saying exactly, that they would undersell us and put our farmers out of business?  What sort of American companies would they purchase that would allow them to control our food pricing?

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And this article gives words to the activities:

https://www.foxnews.com/world/how-much-o...really-own

[font=Roboto,]"In 2017, the United States imported $4.6 billion in agricultural goods from China, which is also responsible for much of the global supply of soy and pea proteins that are found in nutritional supplements and synthetic meats. A Chinese firm has also purchased Smithfield, the world's largest pork processor and hog producer."[/font]

and

"Citing the nonpartisan economic think-tank [font=Roboto,]Paulson Institute, the American Security Institute report underscores that "Chinese firms and investors own a controlling majority in nearly 2,400 U.S. companies."[/font]

These include: AMC Entertainment (entertainment), Cirrus Wind Energy (energy), Complete Genomics (health care), First International Oil (energy), G.E. Appliances (technology), IBM—P.C. division (technology), Legendary Entertainment Group (entertainment), Motorola Mobility (technology), Nexteer Automotive (automotive), Riot Games (entertainment), Smithfield Foods (food), Teledyne Continental Motors and Mattituck Services (aerospace), Terex Corp. (machinery), Triple H Coal (mining), Zonare Medical Systems (health care)."

I'm getting little bits and scraps from people, but I'm not getting any sort of plausible scenario where anyone could control the price of food in the United States.  The whole food supply chain is too gigantic.   And since the food we eat is mostly grown in the United States, how could any foreign country possibly control it?   You guys have gone off the deep end with this one.  

By the way, a lot of those companies in that chart are not US companies.

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