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My recomendation is to not fuck with it in what 'seems' right when it comes to shipping. Do you think that the sellers WANT to pay for global shipping unless there is a good return? My guess is we buy apples from Chilie because its growing season is different than the U.S.'s, so the US gets fresh apples out of season. We send apples to Japan because we grow a shitload of apples and the Japanese can't grow them very well. As such they have a much higher price in Japan which makes the massive shipping costs worth it.
While I wouldn't mind seeing a total free market for agriculture, most countries would not be happy with this. The areas where agriculture is harder would be put out of bussiness, and most countries don't want all of their food to be imported for obvious reasons.
Yes politics play a huge part in the US in terms of pandering and pork, but try to end them and you will see 'Farm Aid XXXXV' and every other whine group out there about the plight of the poor farmers.
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