gohttp://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/18/us/at-heart-of-us-south-african-trade-dispute-a-serious-game-of-chicken.html?ref=business
This article discusses soon-to-expire trade agreement between South Africa and the US. Delaware is one of the main exporters of chicken to South Africa, and some 14,000 Delaware residents depend on this industry for income. The US has argued that if South Africa continues to place tariffs on US chicken in order to protect their own chicken industries, the US will discontinue the imports of specialty wines and luxury automobiles. South Africa argues the US is dumping chicken products into their market, driving out local competitors.
Connections can be drawn to chapter four of Desmarais in that food is discussed as an economic trading good instead of a basic human right. While the chicken imported from the US to South Africa may still provide for the population, this article fails to discuss the difference in the quality of US chicken, and its impact on the South African farmers and their culture.
Food sovereignty is the main issue throughout this article, and while farmers from the US are being represented by government officials such as the Senator of Delaware, the voice of South African farmers is not present here. Also, the threats placed by the US on all South African trade is simply another way of establishing an international hierarchy amongst nations trading between the global North and South.