>One expects the US to be behind the EU, a place generally more concerned with the welfare of its citizens than the US, where corporate profits are King.
It's real easy to ban things that make it easier to farm when you don't got much farming.
It's real easy to ban things that make it easier to farm when you don't got much farming.
The US and Australia have the lowest agriculture tariffs of any major economies or groups such as the EU. Drastically lower in fact. Russia for example - a wheat juggernaut now - has agriculture tariffs over 3x that of the US.
Having your own food supply is far more important then having a free agricultural market. Also, it's not like the US is not guilty of this either, just look at it's massive corn subsidies.