China spots problems with U.S. cars, pork as trade talks loom

I wonder why the article doesn't explain why China doesn't want US pork. Not only China, but everyone should avoid it. Placing profit before ethics, U.S. pork producers pump their pigs full of Ractopamine, a growth drug which is banned in many countries around the world (but approved for use in the U.S.).

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https://firstwefeast.com/eat/2015/08/chinas-doesnt-want-americas-pork-because-u-s-pigs-are-being-pumped-with-ractopamine

Agree with Bertie. The way that livestock is raised in the US is awful, and it leads to some seriously low quality meat. That being said, this is very simply about a trade war. And definitely expect it to happen. Trump's not going to back down and neither is China.

I think the world view of U.S produce in general took at dip when everybody realized that were at the centre of the GM food business. People still hate G.M. Add the growth hormone issue in and U.S reputation in this area is not great. Big focus in Australia over the last couple by the big supermarkets to get hormones out of meat.

Re trade war. At the end of the day, its still $150 billion of U.S exports to China v $375 billion of Chinese exports to the U.S.

The U.S can get brutal at any time they choose and what options does China have to sell $375 billion of Chinese exports to rest of the globe in the short-medium term? It cant be made up.

Maybe the U.S should look at the quality of Chinese consumables, like toys etc.

I wonder why the article doesn't explain why China doesn't want US pork. Not only China, but everyone should avoid it. Placing profit before ethics, U.S. pork producers pump their pigs full of Ractopamine, a growth drug which is banned in many countries around the world (but approved for use in the U.S.).

Many people in Europe or better the EU were afraid that with TTIP a flood of US chlorinated poultry and hormone meat would enter the EU market.

The negotiations during the Obama era were already troublesome but one of the good by-effects of the Trump administration is that TTIP is done for now.

 its still $150 billion of U.S exports to China v $375 billion of Chinese exports to the U.S. your not even taking into consideration of American companies manufacturing in China and selling their products there,

US goods prices will rise dramatically if they cant manufacturing in China. then China can dump US debt and intervene in its own currency. If a trade war get this bad believe me Americans will suffer, especially Trumps red stated where Chinese tariffs will be targeted. Never forget President Xi is for life, Trump needs to be re-elected and has only another 2.5 or 6.5 yrs left. Chinas in the long game, Trump doesn't have time on his side.

"Standards"? Are they documented standards or just the fact that the current "standard" requires NOT originating from the USA?

As for food, the world has been eating GMO wheat since the early 1970s. Researchers got a Nobel prize for it. They forced mutations by bombarding wheat randomly with gamma particles and got lucky create high-yielding dwarf wheat varieties. https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1970/borlaug-bio.html Nobody ever asked if the new wheat was fit for human consumption. There are other side effects that you can find easily online.

Glad that many people have gotten smarter and ask how and where their food is grown.

US goods prices will rise dramatically if they cant manufacturing in China. then China can dump US debt and intervene in its own currency. If a trade war get this bad believe me Americans will suffer, especially Trumps red stated where Chinese tariffs will be targeted. Never forget President Xi is for life, Trump needs to be re-elected and has only another 2.5 or 6.5 yrs left. Chinas in the long game, Trump doesn't have time on his side.

Everyone will suffer, but sometimes suffering is necessary.

The simple reality is this...

How can you on the one hand label China (along with Russia) as the greatest threats to United States security and U.S strategic interests and at the same time prop up a very large portion of their manufacturing industry and hand over $375 billion for exports every year.

How on Earth does that make any sense, at all??? Its clearly insane.

Security must trump economics when its all said and done.

So there are two choices. Either the U.S and China somehow manage to come to some new strategic agreement, some new level of peaceful cooperation, which looks highly, HIGHLY unlikely given the absolutely fundamental political differences OR America gradually moves its economy, particularly its manufacturing, out of China. India offers an alternative. A number of S.E Asians countries can help fill the void. South America also.

Even after Trump goes, this issue is not going away. You think its just Trump fixated on this issue? The entire U.S establishment, left and right are fixated on it. The next President will be faced with the same scenario.

I say its better to do it now and suffer the pain. The longer the U.S waits the harder it will be.