Members of the two House of Representatives in the United States are intending to launch a prohibiting agricultural security and security bill for countries such as China and other countries to promote agricultural land or agricultural enterprises.
According to Voice of the United States, Jeremy Hunt, a media researcher at the Hudson Institute, on Wednesday (February 1, February 1), local time (February 1).Austin Scott held an online dialogue to illustrate the interest of Chinese investors in agricultural land in the United States.
Hunter said: "The value of US farmland property owned by the Chinese in 10 years has jumped from 81 million US dollars in 2010 (the same below, approximately S $ 5.63 million) to 1820"US dollars."
Data show that since 2010, China's agricultural land purchased in China has increased from less than 14,000 acres to more than 350,000 acres.However, China only accounts for less than 1%of the agricultural land owned by foreign countries in the United States.However, in the context of games in the United States and China, this issue has caused concerns about national security and food security.The United States is particularly worried that some Chinese companies purchased by some Chinese companies are close to some military bases in the United States.
The US subsidiary of the Chinese Food Processing Leader Fufeng Group in the north of the north of Da Fox City, North Dakota, is less than 20 miles from the Greater Fox Air Force Base with a unique drone technology.It caused high alertness and anxiety in the American politics.
In October last year, James Comer, chief Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Glenn Thompson, chief Republican member of the Agricultural Committee, and more than 100 members of the United States government asked by more than 100 members.Jean Dodaro, the general auditor of the office, demanded an official investigation to investigate foreign investment in US agricultural land.
On Wednesday, Mike Rounds and Monta Democratic Senator Jon Tester proposed the 2023 promotion of agricultural security and security billsChina, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are included in the blacklist, and they are prohibited from investing, purchasing or other companies that obtain US land or companies involved in agriculture.The bill also defines American agriculture and biotechnology -related biotechnology as key infrastructure.
Langz said in a statement: "Protecting American farmland is critical to maintaining our national security. When I was traveling in South Dakota, I heard many farmers and pasture owners worrying about foreign industry farmers.By included foreign operators in the blacklist, the Legislative Mission makes them unable to buy land or enter the agricultural enterprise to ensure that certain US interests are protected. "
(Elise Stefanik) and the Akeleton Republican Republican member Rick Crawford, Rick Crawford, re -launched the same name raised by them in July last year.
The Georgian Republican member Austin Scott was also the co -sponsor of the last Congress to promote the agricultural security and security bill.He said in an online dialogue on Wednesday's Hudson Institute that he was about to launch a similar bill.
He said, "I am worried about buying a US agricultural land, but I am more worriedThe Group (Syngenta) is an agricultural technology company, which includes the supply of seeds and pesticides, which is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.The company was established in 2000, merged by Novarti and Astrazeneca, and was acquired by China Chemical Group Corporation (Chinese Chemical) in 2017.
Scott said: "American taxpayers have funded a lot of research to create technology and let us have strong agricultural production. As a result, this technology is a foreign entity that is inconsistent with our interests or values.We have. Therefore, we must do better to ensure that the technology we invest in we will not fall into our enemy. "
