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by alephnerd 762 days ago
North America has a unified agriculture market amongst Mexico, US, and Canada - drastically simplifying logistics.

The EU has a similar setup, but 26 countries still adds some overhead versus 3 countries with some form of a "Commerce Clause". It makes sense though - a Polish farmer probably can't compete with a Dutch farmer at scale due to less capital to invest in relatively expensive automation or larger operations.

At least you aren't paying East Asian prices for a lot of produce.