Just want to comment than an entirely domestic supply chain does not avert all disruption. In the US, we get basically all our eggs and infant formula from domestic sources, and yet a bird flu epidemic and problems at a big infant formula plant resulted in shortages and price spikes -- which were mitigated by congressional action to temporarily lift tariffs and bring in imports. Another example is the Sept. 2021 hurricane that hit Louisiana and disrupted fertilizer production -- another price spike, mitigated by imports. In short, autarky does not guarantee resilience.
Yes, completely agree with that! It’s why the food security/food sovereignty argument can be so frustrating. I should have better framed it as a perceived hierarchy (from a policy maker perspective)
Just want to comment than an entirely domestic supply chain does not avert all disruption. In the US, we get basically all our eggs and infant formula from domestic sources, and yet a bird flu epidemic and problems at a big infant formula plant resulted in shortages and price spikes -- which were mitigated by congressional action to temporarily lift tariffs and bring in imports. Another example is the Sept. 2021 hurricane that hit Louisiana and disrupted fertilizer production -- another price spike, mitigated by imports. In short, autarky does not guarantee resilience.
Yes, completely agree with that! It’s why the food security/food sovereignty argument can be so frustrating. I should have better framed it as a perceived hierarchy (from a policy maker perspective)