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In trade war talks, China may want US agricultural imports, but what it needs is food security
Food security, economics and geopolitics go hand in hand. With China and the United States purportedly closing in on a settlement of the current trade war, sections pertaining to agricultural products will surely loom large in any final deal. But Beijing should not become overdependent on US farmers. Nor should Washington get too reliant on China as a market for its agricultural exports. China needs to import a lot of food. It needs to feed almost a quarter of humanity but has only 7 per cent of the world’s total farmland. The combined requirements of urban expansion and industrialisation only put further pressure ... (full story)