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Politics, Covid19 and Brexit
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<blockquote data-quote="ollie989898" data-source="post: 7015590" data-attributes="member: 54866"><p>The US can't dominate anything. They have tried for years but can't even with Trump at the helm he can't create any kind of functional policy that asserts and secures American dominance of any industry really. Americans are competitors, simple as that and the same as anyone else. You think American cars aren't dominant in Europe merely because of the tariffs against them? Of course not. The average American car won't sell in the UK because they are too thirsty or too big or they can't even be bothered to make them in right hand drive and try to get them imported into Europe. The same is true of many European cars in America. They aren't grunty enough or they are too complex and unreliable.</p><p></p><p>The same will be true of the food markets. How well do you think an American steak is going to go down in the UK? All the steaks you see in the UK supermarket have the fat trimmed off, they are little anaemic looking things, deliberately cut to a certain thickness and with zip all fat in them. Bacon and pork chops are exactly the same. The average American steak I've seen in the US would barely fit on a typical British dinner plate, is over an inch thick and nearly has a side dish of fat to go with it. Of course, for many on TFF that product would suit us down to the ground, but the housewife in Tesco confronted with that thing? It won't sell and it strikes me as great confidence in their product that Americans want the country of origin labelling removed? Wtf? Are they ashamed of the fact they produced it?</p><p></p><p>I'm not even convinced American beef is significantly cheaper than Irish or domestically produced stuff. The UK already has the option of importing beef from all over the world nearly, how much Thai chicken do you see on a shop shelf? Polish pork? Namibian beef? Maybe in some discounter store but I've never seen it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ollie989898, post: 7015590, member: 54866"] The US can't dominate anything. They have tried for years but can't even with Trump at the helm he can't create any kind of functional policy that asserts and secures American dominance of any industry really. Americans are competitors, simple as that and the same as anyone else. You think American cars aren't dominant in Europe merely because of the tariffs against them? Of course not. The average American car won't sell in the UK because they are too thirsty or too big or they can't even be bothered to make them in right hand drive and try to get them imported into Europe. The same is true of many European cars in America. They aren't grunty enough or they are too complex and unreliable. The same will be true of the food markets. How well do you think an American steak is going to go down in the UK? All the steaks you see in the UK supermarket have the fat trimmed off, they are little anaemic looking things, deliberately cut to a certain thickness and with zip all fat in them. Bacon and pork chops are exactly the same. The average American steak I've seen in the US would barely fit on a typical British dinner plate, is over an inch thick and nearly has a side dish of fat to go with it. Of course, for many on TFF that product would suit us down to the ground, but the housewife in Tesco confronted with that thing? It won't sell and it strikes me as great confidence in their product that Americans want the country of origin labelling removed? Wtf? Are they ashamed of the fact they produced it? I'm not even convinced American beef is significantly cheaper than Irish or domestically produced stuff. The UK already has the option of importing beef from all over the world nearly, how much Thai chicken do you see on a shop shelf? Polish pork? Namibian beef? Maybe in some discounter store but I've never seen it. [/QUOTE]
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