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That’s a rather weak retort. Certain things like uranium and pharmaceuticals are pretty obviously strategic while other things like dog food are not.

• paganel 1y ago
  Milk and yogurt certainly are, also bread, also lots of food stuff. As far as I know almost no country has gone isolationist on that (with a few exceptions, such as China, which is at least trying). One can win a grand war without access to uranium, but you need access to bread and milk if you don’t want to repeat Germany’s WW1 fate.
  • nosianu 1y ago
    > Milk and yogurt certainly are, also bread, also lots of food stuff. Which is why both US and Europe protect and subsidize those sectors to a fault.
    • paganel 1y ago
      Europe isn’t a country, and unfortunately my country (Romania) would be left empty-handed in case of the worst (this pandemic has proved it).
      • nosianu 1y ago
        > Europe isn’t a country You don't say! Completely irrelevant, since agricultural policy for the EU is made by the EU, and individual countries then write their local laws accordingly.