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by gonvaled 3132 days ago
No idea what you mean.

No one needs to sell to Chinese markets for Chinese to buy the product. We are in the WTO, so a Chinese importer comes, buys at market price, and pays tariffs.

Exactly as western people buy things in the international market.
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tanilama 3132 days ago
OP actually gets the point. Chinese consumers are not aware of those foods until very recently, and their interests are likely cultivated by the corresponding oversea industry intentionally.

So why blame China for the shortage when the western countries are the ones create the demand in the first place? I guess it is a convenient strategy to hike the price while swiftly shift the blame to something people already dislike, after all it fits the narrative.

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gonvaled 3132 days ago
It makes no sense. How would the "nice" export strategy look like? Market the product in the international channels but make sure no Chinese is aware of it? Or maybe do not put the product for export at all?

As said, we are in the WTO. Which means yes or no to exports. With good reason.

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