China Is Weaponizing Fertilizer Against American Farmers
The post China Is Weaponizing Fertilizer Against American Farmers appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Dock workers load sacks of fertilizer onto a barge at the Shanghai port in June. China has recently banned exports of fertilizer to protect its domestic market. (Photo credit should read ZOU QING/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Americans are learning the hard way that food security is a national security issue. A war in the Middle East, a shipping chokepoint thousands of miles away or a trade policy decision in Beijing can show up in the price of bread and other staples at the local grocery store. As I wrote in a recent column, international conflicts are driving up food costs for American families. Now those market signals are being compounded for political gain. China, one of the world’s largest fertilizer producers, is actively exploiting the global fertilizer shortage to its advantage. Fertilizer prices are rising because the global supply chain is under stress and disr