The drawback is that when other countries see us do that, it won't be good for us, in many ways.
There's an unwritten but strongly implied rule that you don't fuck with each other on food. Even if they are the biggest POS despot on the planet, you still offer food to them.
You're right about everything else though. Pretty much the same for Russia. Even if they instantly started trying to grow and raise enough resources for their country's people, they wouldn't be able to afford the process. Which is why they are dependent on us for a lot of raw and final product food resources.
To stop shipments of oil legitimately purchased from, let’s say, Iran, would be seen as a blatant act of war. Oil blockades pushed the Japanese to do Pearl Harbor, didn’t they?
Of course, seizing the assets of Chinese owned food companies like Smithfield Farms, (located in the USA) could also be seen seen as an aggressive act.
In any case, food shortages would set a bomb off under the Chinese people.
China needs to take a decision and decide if food is more important than having 100% control over oil or natural gas in the South China Sea.
Your plan has many steps.
My one step plan: Stop sending food to China.
The Chinese don’t make enough food to feed themselves.
Whe the food starts to run out the people will rise up and overthrow their government.
The drawback is that when we stop selling them food we won’t get any new smart phones.
But not having a new cell phone never killed anyone.
The drawback is that when other countries see us do that, it won't be good for us, in many ways.
There's an unwritten but strongly implied rule that you don't fuck with each other on food. Even if they are the biggest POS despot on the planet, you still offer food to them.
You're right about everything else though. Pretty much the same for Russia. Even if they instantly started trying to grow and raise enough resources for their country's people, they wouldn't be able to afford the process. Which is why they are dependent on us for a lot of raw and final product food resources.
Also stop their shipments of oil, the tankers from the middle east have a fairly long and dangerous route to china.
To stop shipments of oil legitimately purchased from, let’s say, Iran, would be seen as a blatant act of war. Oil blockades pushed the Japanese to do Pearl Harbor, didn’t they?
Of course, seizing the assets of Chinese owned food companies like Smithfield Farms, (located in the USA) could also be seen seen as an aggressive act.
In any case, food shortages would set a bomb off under the Chinese people.
China needs to take a decision and decide if food is more important than having 100% control over oil or natural gas in the South China Sea.