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6 hours ago
The UK doesn't produce enough food to feed itself. Neither do the US and Canada. Australia doesn't either. Nor does France. It's only thanks to a vast system of global trade and shipping that we are sufficiently fed. So the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a major shipping chokepoint, raises an uncomfortable question: Without global trade, could countries actually feed themselves?