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FarmTok
Episode 32
Thursday, 13 June, 2024
The compost boys are back and have a fresh bucket of scraps from their pet columnist, Alan Guebert! James and Jared stick their pitchforks back into the pile of current events by looking at the furor surrounding TikTok. An inexplicable social media app like most others, TikTok has recently riled the bastions of American power by happening to be from China. We examine this and other protectionist trade developments between the world’s two largest economies through the twisted lens of Guebert’s ‘Farm and Food File’. Let’s see how a boomer from Illinois with a column about the ag industry ties together international commodities markets with social media trends and great power politics. (Spoiler: not well!) Also: a market watch update! Do you want to make chocolate chip weed cookies on an industrial scale? This information may be relevant to you! Sources: Guebert, Alan. “U.S. Ag’s Love/Hate Relationship with Our Biggest Trading Partner”. The Farm and Food File. February 4, 2024. https://farmandfoodfile.com/2024/04/10/u-s-ags-love-hate-relationship-with-our-biggest-trading-partner/ Hoffman, Matt. “WITCC holding first regular board meeting after settling $3 million “human trafficking” lawsuit”. KTIV, Siouxlands News Resource. May 13, 2024. https://www.ktiv.com/2024/05/13/witcc-holding-first-regular-board-meeting-after-settling-3-million-human-trafficking-lawsuit/ Pathi, Krutika. “Here’s what happened when India banned TikTok”. PBS Newshour. April 24, 2024. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/heres-what-happened-when-india-banned-tiktok Melville, Herman. “Moby Dick, or, the Whale”. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. pg 126-127. And for a better discussion of Chinese diplomacy and media, check out this interview from American Prestige podcast: Repnikova, Maria. “Chinese Soft Power”. Interview conducted by Danny Bessner. American Prestige Podcast. June 11, 2024. https://www.americanprestigepod.com/p/e152-chinese-soft-power-w-maria-repnikova?r=1en3hg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
