secret state of north Korea

[InRareForm]

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/secret-state-of-north-korea/

Another well done piece by frontline

[angrydude]

N. Korea would literally starve itself to death if not for china sending it food.

[angrydude]

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[Nbadan]

N. Korea would literally starve itself to death if not for china sending it food.

Same can be said about the US imo..

[angrydude]

Same can be said about the US imo..

I've seen enough fat people walking around that say otherwise.

[angrydude]

Fun story. I went to a world famous North Korean restaurant in Beijing. The food sucked even by Asian standards.

[TDMVPDPOY]

those commie states dont even have enough to feed their own population but continues to send shit to them like its some helping hand...

[Fabbs]

Don't we all feel better knowing Dennis Rodman kissed Kim Jongs ass.

[pgardn]

Same can be said about the US imo..

We have malnourished citizens. But we produce far, far more food than we consume.
We are huge net exporters of food, no other nation comes close to out producing us.

So what exactly are you saying? We have citizens that don't get enough to eat, news flash!

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Same can be said about the US imo..

Except we are a net exporter in food with a $10b surplus. Are you trying to make a comment about their buying of treasury notes?

[baseline bum]

That was cool seeing citizens standing up to the police, but I don't see the parallel to the fall of East Germany since Kim Jong Un is a lot more Stalin than Gorbachev.

[Nbadan]

, no other nation comes close to out producing us.


The largest net exporter of food, by far, is Argentina with $23.42 of food exports per every $1.00 of food imports. Argentina is followed by Brazil, New Zealand, Paraguay and Iceland. The US has been a net importer of food since 2005

The average annual U.S. trade deficit in agricultural goods with Canada and Mexico in the five years before NAFTA nearly tripled (a 174 percent increase) in the five years after the deal took effect. Since then, high imports and lackluster exports have continued to wrack U.S. family farmers with deficit surges. The average annual U.S. agricultural deficit with Canada and Mexico under NAFTA’s first 19 years surpassed $ 800 million, more than twice the pre NAFTA level.

http://www.citizen.org/documents/food-under-NAFTA-WTO.pdf

[Nbadan]

The US is currently a net exporter, but barely...


Like nearly all countries in South America and North America, the United States is a net importer of food, exporting $1.28 in food for every dollar it imports

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2012/06/a_map_of_farmers_in_the_u_s_and_world_.html

[FuzzyLumpkins]

The largest net exporter of food, by far, is Argentina with $23.42 of food exports per every $1.00 of food imports. Argentina is followed by Brazil, New Zealand, Paraguay and Iceland. The US has been a net importer of food since 2005

The average annual U.S. trade deficit in agricultural goods with Canada and Mexico in the five years before NAFTA nearly tripled (a 174 percent increase) in the five years after the deal took effect. Since then, high imports and lackluster exports have continued to wrack U.S. family farmers with deficit surges. The average annual U.S. agricultural deficit with Canada and Mexico under NAFTA’s first 19 years surpassed $ 800 million, more than twice the pre NAFTA level.

http://www.citizen.org/documents/food-under-NAFTA-WTO.pdf

I don't know why they are talking net in terms of ratios.


2009 Trade surplus in Agriculture was $26.9 billion
Trade surpluses in the Ag sector for previous years: $5.6 in 2006; $18.1 in 2007; $34.8 in 2008)

http://www.bigpictureagriculture.com/2010/10/us-agricultural-exports-versus-us-trade.html


The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported a 14% larger agricultural trade surplus in fiscal 2013 (October-September), compared with fiscal 2012. The U.S.D.A. said $37.09 billion more agricultural exports were shipped from the United States than were imported in fiscal 2013. Total agricultural exports represented $140.936 billion while imports totaled only $103.845 billion, the U.S.D.A. said.

http://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/news_home/International/2014/01/US_ag_trade_balance_up_14_in_f.aspx?ID={395B15C1-1037-4C76-BD79-3BFC3EE13D33}&cck=1

We are exporting about 30% more then we import this year. With an economy our size, that is humongous.

[symple19]

excellent doc, thanks brah

[pgardn]

The US is currently a net exporter, but barely...



http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2012/06/a_map_of_farmers_in_the_u_s_and_world_.html


Barely?

Are you kidding?

We produce more food than any other country, it is not even close.

[boutons_deux]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUgEmezpS_E#t=34